A checklist of Polygala (Polygalaceae) in the Flora of Southern Africa region with notes on types

Figueiredo, Estrela; Smith, Gideon F.; Paiva, Jorge

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.155.1.1

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“…In their checklist of southern African taxa of Polygala Linnaeus (1753: 701), Figueiredo et al (2013) correctly indicated the types (holotypes) of Turczaninow's taxa as deposited in KW and corrected the earlier type (lectotype) designation made by Paiva (1998) for the name P. ciliatifolia Turczaninow (1855: 347) [considered a synonym of P. umbellata L.: Linnaeus (1771: 259)] to the holotype in KW (KW001000268, image available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap. specimen.kw001000268): "Although Paiva designated the M specimen as lectotype (Paiva 1998: 271), it is considered that all types of Turczaninow are at Kiew (KW), Ukraine" (Figueiredo et al 2013: 5).…”

Section: Polygalaceae: Southern African Polygalamentioning

confidence: 99%

Comments on proper type designation for names of taxa validated by Turczaninow in his Animadversiones, with case studies

Mosyakin¹,

McNeill²,

Boiko³

2019

Ukr.Bot.J.

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General recommendations regarding proper type designation of names of taxa described by Turczaninow in his Animadversiones series of articles (as well as in some other publications) are provided. It is concluded that, as clearly indicated in the protologues, all (or almost all) taxa described in these publications are based on specimens from the private herbarium of Turczaninow which was donated in the 1840s to the Kharkiv University (CWU) and in the 1940s was transferred to the Institute of Botany in Kyiv (KW). Consequently, holotypes and syntypes of these taxa are now almost exclusively in KW. Several cases of correct and incorrect type designations are discussed, specifically of some South American Brassicaceae, Geraniaceae and Hypericaceae, Central American Malvaceae, and southern African Polygalaceae. Information on the rediscovered holotype (KW) of Abelmoschus achanioides Turcz. (now accepted as Malvaviscus achanioides (Turcz.) Fryxell, Malvaceae) is provided, and an earlier lectotypification of that name with a specimen from G is considered ineffective. The holotype of Stenocalyx involutus Turcz. (now considered a synonym of Mezia includens (Benth.) Cuatrec., Malpighiaceae) was originally in the Turczaninow herbarium, but the whole folder with that specimen is now missing in KW (considered lost or destroyed), and it was already missing in the mid-1920s, when the collection was still in CWU. Because of that the lectotype of S. involutus is designated here, the specimen from MPU, to replace the lost or destroyed holotype. The need for thorough analysis of protologues, available original material, and associated information for correct type designation/indication is emphasized.

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Section: Polygalaceae: Southern African Polygalamentioning

confidence: 99%