<strong>A new name for <em>Gloriosa grandiflora</em> (Colchicaceae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa</strong>

alfred maroyi; alfred maroyi

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.183.2.5

Issue: Vol. 183 No. 2: 17 October 2014

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2014-10-17

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.183.2.5

Page range: 119–119

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**A new name for Gloriosa grandiflora (Colchicaceae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa**

alfred maroyi⁺⁻
alfred maroyi⁺⁻

Medicinal Plants and Economic Development (MPED) Research Centre, Botany Department, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa

Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis (section NHN), Biosystematics Group, Herbarium Vadense, Wageningen University, Generaal Foulkesweg 37, NL-6703 BL, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Colchicaceae Democratic Republic of Congo Gloriosa katangensis Maroyi

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Abstract

In a recent contribution, Vinnersten & Manning (2007) transferred Littonia Hooker (1853: t. 4723) species to Gloriosa Linnaeus (1753: 305), making 7 new combinations. Unfortunately, the combination Gloriosa grandiflora (De Wildeman & Durand 1901: 34) J.C.Manning & Vinnersten in Vinnersten & Manning (2007: 178) is illegitimate since it is preoccupied by Gloriosa grandiflora (Hooker 1860: t. 5216) O’Brien (1904: 188), now known as Gloriosa simplex Linnaeus (1767: 62) (Maroyi, 2012). We hereby correct this matter by providing a new epithet: