plant nomenclature questions

[Karol Marhold]

I have two questions from the plant nomenclature for which I would
much appreciate your help, advice, or opinion:
1/ if plant species name is illegitimate, is the name of variety
        described "within" this name illegitimate as well?
2/ is it possible to accept as a validly published species name the
        name for which no description is provided in the protologue,
        when author at the same place provided the description of
        the typical variety (subspecies)?
Thank you very much for your help.

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Karol Marhold
Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Dubravska cesta 14, SK-842 23 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: (+42) 7 375840  Fax: (+42) 7 371948
E-mail: botukmar at savba.savba.sk

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