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 10.11646/phytotaxa.571.3.1 2f0bde50-8a71-4f78-85a9-3a3b477c2590 1179-3163 7284667 Aspidosperma Mart. & Zucc. in Flora 7(1, Beil. 4): 135. 1824, nom. cons. Type : Aspidosperma tomentosum Mart. & Zucc. , typ. cons. = Coutinia Vell., Quinogr. Portug. : 166. 1799 , nom. rej. Type : Coutinia illustris Vell. = Macaglia Rich. ex Vahl in Skr. Naturhist.- Selsk. 6: 107. 1810 , nom. rej. Type (designated by Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38(2): 136. 1951 ): Macaglia alba Vahl. = Peltospermum DC. in Biblioth. Universelle Geneve, nouv. sér. 17: 133. 1838 . Type : “ Peltospermum patrisii ” DC. ex A.DC. , pro syn. = Thyroma Miers, Apocyn. S. Am. : 22. 1878 . Type (designated by Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38(2): 136. 1951 ): Thyroma sessiliflora (Müll.Arg.) Miers. = Paralyxia Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1(94): 748. 1888 . Type : Paralyxia schomburgkii Baill. = Cufodontia Woodson in Cufod. in Arch. Bot. Sist. 10(1): 38. 1934 . Type : Cufodontia stegomeris Woodson. “ Ostreocarpus ” Rich., Gen. Pl.: 1396. 1840 , pro syn. Notes —Since detailed descriptions of the species presented in the protologue of Aspidosperma were later published in “ Nova Genera et Species Plantarum ” by Martius (1824), for many years, this publication was treated as the original publication of the genus ( Stafleu & Cowan 1981 ). Marcondes-Ferreira (1988) correctly recognized that Aspidosperma was first published in “ Flora ”, but attributed its authorship only to Martius, mentioning an excerpt from the cover page of “ Nova Genera et Species Plantarum ” in which Martius had attributed to Zuccarini only the organization of the work’s illustrations and notes ( Martius & Zuccarini 1824 ). However, since both Martius and Zuccarini signed the manuscript published in “ Flora ”, we understand that they should be cited as authors of Aspidosperma and the species described therein, despite the comments made by Martius. It is worth mentioning that prior to the publication of Aspidosperma , the names Coutinia and Macaglia were already being applied to this taxon. Firstly, due to the already widespread usage of the name Aspidosperma , Harms (1904) formally proposed conserving this name against Macaglia , probably not knowing about the existence of the name Coutinia at the time. A few years later, Kuhlmann & Pirajá (1925) recognized that Coutinia was also congeneric with Aspidosperma , but the formal proposal for rejecting Coutinia was later made by Fallen (1981) .