>>I did however see a reference that stated that Cannia was described by Gray 1842, with a full citation so I assumed that was correct. However, if you described it and it is valid and no-one has sunk it, then it is valid and should be used.

Correction/addition: It should be used if there is reason to recognise as a separate genus the group of species for which it is the oldest available name. At present, that depends on whether Pseudechis sensu Cogger is monophyletic. Our data did not resolve the issue one way or another, others are working on this with more data, so we stuck with the status quo for the time being.

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