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Issue: Vol. 361 No. 2: 19 July 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.361.2.9
Page range: 244–250
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 1

Nomenclatural revision of Ficus sect. Americanae (Moraceae): typification of Ficus americana and allied species

Instituto de Pesquisa do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22460-030, Brazil.
Instituto de Botânica, Herbário SP, C.P. 68048, São Paulo - SP, 04045-972, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisa do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22460-030, Brazil.
holotype lectotype Neotropics nomenclature taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Ficus sect. Americanae has ca. 160 accepted species and approximately 650 binomials in the neotropical region, many of which do not have a clearly designated holotype, lectotype, or neotype. In the present study, we revised all names of F. americana and allied species. With this, we designated a neotype for F. rojasi and lectotypes for the 22 following names: Ficus americana subsp. subapiculata, F. anacardiifolia, F. aureo-brunnea, F. bunquensis, F. chiribiquetensis, F. chiriquiana, F. coerulescens, F. corpulenta, F. cundinamarcensis, F. fresnoensis, F. eugeniifolia, F. jacquiniifolia, F. liebmanniana, F. maitin, F. maroana, F. martinii, F. microclada, F. oblanceolata, F. oerstediana, F. prinoides, F. splendens, and F. umbonigera.