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Issue: Vol. 291 No. 1: 6 January 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.291.1.11
Page range: 99–100
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 2

Cyathea sunduei, a new name for a recently described Colombian tree fern (Cyatheaceae)

Nees Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
Cyatheaceae ferns biogeography Pteridophytes

Abstract

In a recent publication describing three new tree ferns for Colombia, Rojas & Tejedor (2016) regrettably chose an epithet that was already taken. For this species, a new name is chosen herewith:

 

Cyathea sunduei Lehnert, nom. nov. for Cyathea incognita A.Rojas in Rojas & Tejedor.