7. The following names are all considered to represent the same taxon. The date

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7. The following names are all considered to represent the same taxon. The date in parentheses following each name is the date of its effective publication Erythraea muhlenbergi Griseb. (1839) (valid name) Erythraea curvistaminea Wittr. (1886) Centaurodes muhlenbergii (Griseb.) Kuntze (1891) Erythraea minima Howell (1901) Centaurium muhlenbergi (Griseb.) Wight ex Piper (1906) Centaurium minimum (Howell) Piper (1915) Centaurium muhlenbergi (Griseb.) Wight ex. Piper var. albiflorum Suksd. (1927) Centaurium muhlenbergi (Griseb.) Wight ex Piper forma albifiorum (Suksd.) St. John (1937) Centaurium curvistamineum (Wittr.) Abrams (1951) c. Why is the epithet muhlenbergi spelled the same in each genus?

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Every scientific nomenclature have a genus name (in the beginning using uppercase first letter) and a species name(the second letter after the genus name spelled with lowercase letter). After species comes strains which are discovered by different people in this question. However, the species name remain the same whatsover. Hence, muhlenbergii remains constant and spelled the same.

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