This new study corrects a naming error in #succulent #taxonomy. Because Orostachys is a legally conserved name tied to a specific type species, the newly proposed genus Spinella is actually incorrect and becomes a synonym: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Recent phylogenomic studies have consistently shown that Orostachys s.l. is polyphyletic and that the traditional subsections Appendiculatae and Orostachys represent distinct lineages. New generic nam...
