Discussion
Family Gutliferae is a conserved name of an alternative name, family :
Answer: B
Guttiferae (spelt Gutliferae in the paper) is the conserved alternative name of family Clusiaceae.
The botanical code allows eight long-used family names that do not end in a genus name plus -aceae to stand as conserved alternatives: Guttiferae (Clusiaceae), Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Palmae (Arecaceae), Umbelliferae (Apiaceae), Compositae (Asteraceae), Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), Gramineae (Poaceae) and Labiatae (Lamiaceae). Clusiaceae is based on the genus Clusia, and Guttiferae refers to the gum or latex these plants yield.
The distractors are the type-based names of three other conserved pairs: Fabaceae is the alternative of Leguminosae, Arecaceae of Palmae and Apiaceae of Umbelliferae.
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