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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-07-30
Page range: 198–200
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Validation of the name Aristolochia compressicaulis and lectotypification of A. championii and A. punjabensis (Aristolochiaceae)

Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, 18th Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Lectotypification Siphisia Validation Magnoliids America

Abstract

Aristolochia Linnaeus (1753: 960) subg. Siphisia (Rafinesque 1828: 62) Duchartre (1854: 29) (Aristolochiaceae) comprises about 70 species, 50 of which occur in East and South Asia while the remaining species occur from Central- to North America (Wagner et al. 2012, 2014, González et al. 2014). In this study, the taxonomic history of A. championii Merrill & Chun (1940: 47) and A. punjabensis Lace (1911: 273) is discussed, and the lectotypes for these two species are designated. Additionally, the name A. compressicaulis Yang (1988: 32) is validated by designating the holotype.