Taxonomy and nomenclature of Aspidosperma (Apocynaceae) Author Castello, Ana Carolina Devides 0000-0002-8730-8264 Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Naturais, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, CEP 38302 - 192, Ituiutaba, MG, Brazil ana. castello @ uemg. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8730 - 8264 & Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, CEP 13083 - 862, Cidade Universitaìria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil ana.castello@uemg.br Author Pereira, Andreza Stephanie De Souza Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas & Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas, Unidade Tapajós, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - UFOPA, Rua Vera Paz s. n., CEP 68040 - 255, Santarém, PA, Brazil Author Shimizu, Gustavo Hiroaki Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, CEP 13083 - 862, Cidade Universitaìria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil Author Zuntini, Alexandre Rizzo Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, CEP 13083 - 862, Cidade Universitaìria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil & Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, U. K. Author Simões, André Olmos Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, CEP 13083 - 862, Cidade Universitaìria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil Author Koch, Ingrid Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, CEP 13083 - 862, Cidade Universitaìria Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-11-04 571 3 239 277 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.571.3.1 journal article 180421 10.11646/phytotaxa.571.3.1 2f0bde50-8a71-4f78-85a9-3a3b477c2590 1179-3163 7284667 Aspidosperma album (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2 19(4): 367. 1947 . ≡ Macaglia alba Vahl in Skr. Naturhist.- Selsk. 6: 107. 1810 . Lectotype (designated by Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38(2): 194, 196. 1951):— FRANCE . [ French Guiana ]: s.d., L.C. Richard s.n. ( C [barcode C10005729 image!]; isolectotypes: P [barcode P00645147 image!, barcode P00645148 image!, barcode P00645149 image!]) . = Bignonia latisiliqua Poir. , Encycl., suppl. 1(2): 632. 1811. ≡ Aspidosperma latisiliquum (Poir.) A.DC., Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle ] 8: 676. 1844. Holotype :— FRANCE . [ French Guiana ]: Cayenne , s.d., J.B. Patris s.n. [Herb. Desfontaines] (FI [barcode FI009948 image!]; isotypes: G [barcode G00143991 image!, barcode G00144000 image!], P [barcode P00645146 image!]). = Aspidosperma woodsonianum Markgr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12(115): 559. 1935. Lectotype (designated here): — SURINAME . Forest Reserve , Sectie O, 26 Aug 1916 , Boschwezen [Forestry Department] 2330 (U [barcode U0000489 image!]; isolectotype: US [barcode 01209324 image!]). “ Aspidosperma latisiliqua ” (Poir.) A.DC. , orth. var. “ Ostreocarpum albicans ” Rich. , mss. in sched. “ Peltospermum latisiliquum ” DC. ex A.DC., Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 676. 1844, pro syn . “ Peltospermum patrisii ” DC. ex A.DC., Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 676. 1844, pro syn . Notes —Among the nine gatherings mentioned in the protologue of A . woodsonianum , Markgraf (1935a) proclaimed Boschwezen [Forestry Department] 2330 as “Original der Art.”. Still, he did not cite in which herbarium the type would be deposited. So, we selected the best-preserved specimen from this collection as the lectotype of A . woodsonianum (U barcode 0000489) (ICN article 9.3; Turland et al. 2018 ). Woodson (1951) accepted A . album but synonymized A . centrale Markgr. , A . desmanthum Benth. ex Müll. Arg. , and A . pachypterum Müll.Arg. under it. However, we consider these as distinct species. Aspidosperma album differs from A . centrale by the dark green leaves on the adaxial surface ( vs. dark brown), with prominent secondary veins ( vs. immersed), smaller (5.7–6.5 vs. 9.2–11.7 cm long) and non-rigid ( vs. rigid) inflorescences, and flowers with corolla tube pubescent to glabrescent below the insertion of the anthers internally ( vs. canescent) ( Pereira et al. 2019 ). Moreover, A . album differs from A . desmanthum by the prominent secondary veins on the adaxial surface ( vs. immersed), white leaves on the abaxial surface ( vs. light green), and flowers ca. 6.6 mm long ( vs. ca. 8 mm ). Finally, A . album can be differentiated from A . pachypterum by the white leaves on the abaxial surface ( vs. light brown or light green), suborbicular follicles ( vs. pyriform), and membranaceous seeds ( vs. chartaceous).