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Table 1 in Fossil or non-fossil? A best-practice guide for archaeobotanical taxa

<p><b>Table 1.</b> The nomenclature of archaeobotanical finds.</p><table><tbody><tr><th>Taxa</th><th>Original archaeobotanical material</th><th>Status</th><th>Related taxa</th><th>References</th></tr><tr><th><b>Amaranthaceae Juss.</b></th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th><i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> subsp. <i>jonesianum</i> B.Sm. in Phytologia 57(7): 445&ndash;448. 1985</th><td>Type: U.S.A., Ohio, Hocking County, 3 miles southeast of Bloomingville, Ash Cave (33Hol), 1876, <i>Ebenezer Andrews s.n</i>. (holotype, US No. 3036256)</td><td>Holotype at US designated as specimen No. 3036256.</td><td><i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq.</td><td>Smith, 1985; Smith &amp; Funk, 1985; Smith &amp; Cowan, 1987; Crawford &amp; al., 2019</td></tr><tr><th><b>Arecaceae Bercht. &amp; J.Presl, nom. cons.</b></th></tr><tr><th><i>Areca passalacquae</i> Kunth in Passalacqua, Catalogue Raisonn&eacute; et Historique des Antiquit&eacute;s D&eacute;couvertes en &Eacute;gypte: 228&ndash; 229. 1826 [and in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 420. 1826]</th><td>Desiccated? Fruits. Possibly in the Passalacqua collection in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin?</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Medemia argun</i> (Mart.) W&uuml;rttemb. ex H.Wendl.</td><td>Kunth, 1826a,b; Buschan, 1895; Ibrahim &amp; Baker, 2009; Vartavan &amp; al., 2010</td></tr><tr><th><b>Fabaceae Lindl</b>.</th></tr><tr><th><i>Faba vulgaris</i> var. <i>celtica-nana</i> Heer, Pfl. Pfahlbauten: 22&ndash;23, fig. 44&ndash;47. 1865 [or var. <i>celtica</i>]</th><td>Carbonized seeds. &ldquo;[&hellip;] from the pile dwellings in Montelier at Murtnersee [&hellip;] the Petersinsel and [&hellip;] Parma; exactly the same form from a Roman settlement in Hungary can be found in the Museum of Industry in Lausanne&rdquo; (our trans.) [cf. Fig. 1A,B in this paper]</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Vicia faba</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Deininger, 1892; Buschan, 1895; Jessen &amp; Helbaek, 1944; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><b>Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb.</b></th></tr><tr><th><i>Juglans sieboldiana</i> subsp. <i>hosenjiana</i> Krysht. in J. Geol. Soc. Tokyo 25(296): 248. 20 Mai 1918</th><td>Hosenji, Shimosueyoshi, Tsurumi, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan</td><td>Pleistocene remains doubtfully archaeobotanical</td><td><i>Juglans mandshurica</i> var. <i>sachalinensis</i> (Komatsu) Kitam.</td><td>Kryshtofovich, 1918; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><b>Poaceae Barnhart, nom. cons</b>.</th></tr><tr><th>&ldquo; <i>Hordeum lagunculiforme</i> &rdquo; Bachteev in Dokl. Akad. Nauk. S.S.S.R., n.s., 110(1): 153. 1 Sep 1956</th><td>Carbonized grains, Tiritaki, near Kerch, Crimea Republic, &hellip; Teishebaini Castle, Karmir-Blur, left bank of Zanga River, below Erevan, Armenia; Uzerlik-Tepe &amp; Kul-Tepe, near Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan [cf. Fig. 2A,B in this paper]</td><td>Not validly published (Russian)</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Bachteev, 1956; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum palaeoparalellum</i> A.A.H.Schulz in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 34(8): 617. Nov 1916</th><td>Desiccated? Spikes from the six-rowed barley remains found in Ani&rsquo; s grave in Gebel&ecirc;n</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Schulz, 1916; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum polystichum</i> var. <i>densum</i> Heer ex Deininger in Wosinsky, Pr&auml;hist. Schanzwerk Lengyel 3: 270. 1892</th><td>Based on &ldquo;Die dichte sechszeilige Gerste (Hordeum hexastichum, densum). Fig. 9&rdquo;; &ldquo;Ich habe sie nur von Robenhausen, Montelier und Parma&rdquo; (Heer, 1865: 13) [cf. Fig. 1E in this paper]</td><td>Valid publication questionable</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Deininger, 1892; Neuweiler, 1924; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum polystichum</i> var. <i>pannonicum</i> Deininger in Wosinsky, Pr&auml;hist. Schanzwerk Lengyel 3: 270&ndash;271, fig. 3. 1892</th><td>Carbonized grains, Lengyel</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Deininger, 1892; Buschan, 1895</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum polystichum</i> var. <i>sanctum</i> Heer ex Deininger in Wosinsky, Pr&auml;hist. Schanzwerk Lengyel 3: 267. 8 Jun 1892</th><td>Based on &ldquo;Die kleine Pfahlbautengerste (Hordeum hexastichumsanctum). Fig. 1 bis 8, vervollst&auml;ndigt S. 5 Fig. 3&rdquo;; &ldquo;von Robenhausen&rdquo; (Heer, 1865: 12) [cf. Fig. 1E,F in this paper]</td><td>Valid publication questionable</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Neuweiler, 1924; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum spontaneum</i> var. <i>lagunculiforme</i> Bachteev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow &amp; Leningrad) 47: 847. 1962</th><td>Likely to be designated as epitype: &ldquo;Turkmen SSR, Ashgabat region, 40&ndash;50 km to the south-east. from the city of Ashgabat, a deposit along the foothill slopes of the Kopet-Dag, in the wide valley of the Kelte-Chinar river, near the village of Manysh, May 26, 1960, herbarium sheets 1&ndash;9, collected by F. Kh. Bakhteev; herbarium sheet 10 was collected by Bakhteev and A. N. Belavskaya June 1, 1961 Stored in Leningrad&rdquo; (Bachteev, 1962: 846&ndash;847; our trans.)</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Bachteev, 1962; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> var. <i>densum</i> Heer ex Neuweiler in Mitt. Antiquar. Ges. Z&uuml;rich 29(4): 257 [&ldquo;245&rdquo;] (113). 1924</th><td>Based on &ldquo;Die dichte sechszeilige Gerste (Hordeum hexastichum, densum). Fig. 9&rdquo;; &ldquo;Ich habe sie nur von Robenhausen, Montelier und Parma&rdquo; (Heer, 1865: 13)</td><td>Valid publication questionable</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Deininger, 1892; Neuweiler, 1924; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> var. <i>palaeoaegyptiacum</i> A.A.H.Schulz in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 34(8): 616. Nov 1916</th><td>Desiccated? Spikes from the barley remains found in Ani&rsquo; s grave in Gebel&ecirc;n. From the larger memory model in the grave of Rahotep at Mer near Kusijeh. Spikes in the Egyptian Museum (Berlin) &hellip;</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Schulz, 1916; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> var. <i>sanctum</i> Heer ex Neuweiler in Mitt. Antiquar. Ges. Z&uuml;rich 29(4): 257 [&ldquo;245&rdquo;] (113). 1924</th><td>Based on &ldquo;Die dichte sechszeilige Gerste (Hordeum hexastichum, densum). Fig. 9&rdquo;; &ldquo;Ich habe sie nur von Robenhausen, Montelier und Parma&rdquo; (Heer, 1865: 13)</td><td>Valid publication questionable</td><td><i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Neuweiler, 1924; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum aestivum</i> subsp. <i>compactum</i> var. <i>antiquorum</i> (Heer) H.Messik., Pfahlbauten Robenhausen: 81. Mar&ndash;5 Apr 1913</th><td>Carbonized spikes and grains, mainly from Robenhausen, but also, Moosfeedorf, Montelier and Olmuz &hellip;</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Messikommer, 1913; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum aestivum</i> f. <i>antiquorum</i> (Heer) Neuweiler in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Z&uuml;rich 80(1&ndash;2): 104. 24 Mai 1935</th><td>Carbonized spikes and grains, mainly from Robenhausen, but also, Moosfeedorf, Montelier and Olmuz &hellip;</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Neuweiler, 1935; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum compactum</i> var. <i>antiquorum</i> (Heer) Flaksb. in Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 29(1&ndash;2): 85. 1930</th><td>Carbonized spikes and grains, mainly from Robenhausen, but also, Moosfeedorf, Montelier and Olmuz &hellip;</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Flaksberger, 1930; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum compactum</i> var. <i>globiforme</i> Buschan, Vorgeschichtl. Bot. Cultur-Nutzpfl. Alten Welt: 11, 16&ndash;17. 1895</th><td>Cf. <i>T. vulgare</i> var. <i>antiquorum</i> Heer</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Buschan, 1895</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum durum</i> var. <i>trojanum</i> Wittm. in Monatsschr. Vereines Bef&ouml;rd. Gartenbaues K&ouml;nigl. Preuss. Staaten. Ges. Gartenfr. Berlins 22(10): 479. Oct 1879</th><td>Troy [Hisarlik, Turkey]</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum turgidum</i> L.</td><td>Wittmack, 1879</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum monococcum</i> var. <i>trojanum</i> (Wittm.) Wittm. in Z. Ethnol. 22(6 [Verh. Berliner Ges. Anthropol., Ethnol. &amp; Urgeschichte]): 615. 20&ndash;31 Dec 1890</th><td>Troy [Hisarlik, Turkey]</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum monococcum</i> L.</td><td>Wittmack, 1890</td></tr><tr><th>&ldquo; <i>Triticum parvicoccum</i> &rdquo; Kislev in Israel J.</th><td>Carbonized grains and rachises from different sites, Bar-Ilan</td><td>Invalid</td><td><i>Triticum</i></td><td>Kislev, 1980, 1981, 1984, 2009;</td></tr><tr><th>Bot. 28(2): 97. Jun 1980</th><td>University</td><td>publication (English)</td><td><i>turgidum</i> L.</td><td>Tan, 1985; Kislev &amp; Melamed, 2000; Kislev &amp; al., 2006; IFPNI, 2014, Schultze-Motel, 2019</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum sativum</i> var. <i>scythicum</i> Deininger in Wosinsky, Pr&auml;hist. Schanzwerk Lengyel 3: 272&ndash;273, fig. 5. 1892</th><td>Carbonized grains, Lengyel</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Deininger, 1892; Buschan, 1895</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum vulgare</i> var. <i>antiquorum</i> Heer, Pfl. Pfahlbauten: 13, fig. 14&ndash;18. 1865</th><td>Carbonized spikes and grains, mainly from Robenhausen, but also, Moosfeedorf, Montelier and Olmuz &hellip; [cf. Fig. 1C,D.1 in this paper]</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Heer, 1865, 1866; Dyer, 1886; Deininger, 1892; Buschan, 1895; Flaksberger, 1930; Jessen &amp; Helbaek, 1944; IFPNI, 2014</td></tr><tr><th><i>Triticum vulgare</i> var. <i>trojanum</i> (Wittm.) Wittm. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 4(11): xxxiii. 19 Nov 1886</th><td>Troy [Hisarlik, Turkey]</td><td>Pending typification</td><td><i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.</td><td>Wittmack, 1886a,b</td></tr><tr><th><b>Polygonaceae Juss.</b></th></tr><tr><th><i>Polygonum erectum</i> subsp. <i>watsoniae</i> N.G.Muell. in Novon 25(2): 176. 2017</th><td>Type: U.S.A., Arkansas, Benton Co., Whitney Bluff rock shelter (3BE20), 1932, <i>W. Henbest &amp; C. Finger Jr. 32-57-5c</i> (holotype, UARK barcode UARK 20121)</td><td>Holotype at UARK designated as specimen 20121; isotype at Arkansas Museum</td><td><i>Polygonum erectum</i> L.</td><td>Mueller, 2017a,b, 2019</td></tr></tbody></table><p>(Continues)</p><p>(Continues)</p>

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