Freeman, Craig C.2018-11-022018-11-022017-04-25Freeman CC (2017) Nomenclatural novelties and notes in Penstemon (Plantaginaceae). PhytoKeys 80: 33–39. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.80.12962https://hdl.handle.net/1808/27189Seven nomenclatural novelties in Penstemon (Plantaginaceae) are proposed for taxa that will be included in the forthcoming treatment of the genus in the Flora of North America North of Mexico series. Three additional novelties are made for Mexican taxa outside the flora area. Penstemon xylus A. Nelson is determined to be the correct name for the species heretofore called P. tusharensis N. Holmgren.Copyright Craig C. Freeman. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/PenstemonPlantaginaceaeArticle10.3897/phytokeys.80.12962openAccess