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Issue: Vol. 391 No. 2: 1 February 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.391.2.6
Page range: 131–137
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Typification of some names of Graffenrieda (Melastomataceae: Merianieae)

Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA) and Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 Nº 53-108, Medellín, Colombia
Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY USA 10458-5126
Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA) and Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 Nº 53-108, Medellín, Colombia
Botanical nomenclature Calyptrella Neotropics Eudicots

Abstract

In order to provide nomenclature and taxonomic clarity, nine lectotypes are designated for plants currently circumscribed in Graffenrieda. In addition, the typification for some species was analyzed and clarified and we discuss the occurrence of three cases of inadvertent lectotypifications.