Validation of the name Aristolochia compressicaulis and lectotypification of A. championii and A. punjabensis (Aristolochiaceae)

Truong Van Do; Christoph Neinhuis; Stefan Wanke

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.221.2.11

Issue: Vol. 221 No. 2: 30 July 2015

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2015-07-30

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.221.2.11

Page range: 198–200

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**Validation of the name Aristolochia compressicaulis and lectotypification of A. championii and A. punjabensis (Aristolochiaceae)**

Truong Van Do⁺⁻
Christoph Neinhuis⁺⁻
Stefan Wanke⁺⁻

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

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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.