Peltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurz: a new record of a Southeast Asian species of Fabaceae (Caesalpinioideae) naturalized in northwestern Madagascar
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Rogers, S. Zachary
Author
Thulin, Mats
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Peltophorum dasyrhachis
(Miq.)
Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 128. 1876
.
Ξ
Caesalpinia dasyrhachis
Miq.
in Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 2: 292. 1861
.
Ξ
Brasilettia dasyrhachis
(Miq.) Kuntze
in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 164. 1891
.
Lectotypus
(designated here):
INDONESIA
.
Sumatra
:
Mangala
,
Lampongs
, s.d., fl.,
Teijsmann
4547HB
(
U
[
U0003297
]!)
.
Nomenclatural notes.
– The authorship of
Peltophorum dasyrhachis
has been cited incorrectly in the literature (most often as “(Miq.) Baker” or “(Miq.) Kurz ex Baker”, even in recently published treatments (e.g.
RUDD, 1991
;
DEZHAO & al., 2010
). The error stems from authors overlooking
KURZ (1876)
as the first person to validly transfer the basionym
Caesalpinia dasyrhachis
Miq.
to
Peltophorum
, and consequently recognizing a superfluous combination published by
BAKER (1878)
. Kurz’s article was issued on
14 November 1876
, whereas Baker’streatment was not published until
July1878
. Baker’s publication further confused the situation by modifying the original orthography of the epithet and acknowledging Kurz via the citation “
P. dasyrachis
, Kurz MSS.” Miquel’s original spelling should be retained as stipulated in Art. 60.1 of the ICBN (
MCNEILL & al., 2006
).
Typification
. – In the protologue the provenance of the species was given as
“Sumatra orient. in prov. Lampong, prope Mengala, Kebang (T.)”.
LARSEN & al. (1980)
and later
HOU (1996)
cited an unnumbered
Teijsmann
duplicate from Sumatra at L as the holotype and a K sheet as an isotype, but unique identifiers (e.g.,accession number,specific locality) for the types were not provided in either publication. We have examined two unnumbered
Teijsmann
sheets at L [L0019200, L0019201] with red “Type” stickers. Both were annotated by Ding Hou in 1993 as
Peltophorum dasyrhachis
, but the precise type status (e.g., holotype, isotype, syntype) was not indicated on either sheet. Sheet [L0019201] bears a handwritten label including the general locality “Lampongs” and a “Herbarium Dr. J. K. Hasskarl” stamp, whereas [L0019200] has a typewritten label noting “Sumatra” and “Ex Herbario Miquel”. None of the annotations on either L sheet belong to Miquel. Conversely, we have examined two numbered
Teijsmann
collections from Sumatra at U that were originally part of Miquel’s private herbarium (
Teijsmann 4322HB
[U0003298];
Teijsmann 4547HB
[U0003297]). Both of the collections were annotated by Miquel as
Caesalpinia dasyrhachis
. The original handwritten label of [U0003298] was annotated as “Kebang, Lampongs”, whereas the label of [U0003297] was annotated as “Mangala, Lampongs.” The labels and plants of the two
Teijsmann
collections at U match the information given in the protologue, suggesting that at least two different collections (i.e., syntypes) were used for the protologue description. The U sheets are treated as syntypes and the two L sheets may represent duplicates of the U collections, or could even be additional syntype material. No effectively published lectotypification statementshave been found for
Caesalpinia dasyrhachis
.
Teijsmann 4547HB
[U0003297] includes flowers and is in good condition and is designated here as lectotype. The other syntype is in fruit.