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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-11-02
Page range: 121–122
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Andersoniodoxa, a replacement name for Andersoniella (Malpighiaceae)

Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 U.S.A.
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 U.S.A. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Avenida dos Portugueses 1966, Bacanga, ​65080-805, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Km 16 Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.

Abstract

Subsequent to our recent publication honoring William R. Anderson (Davis et al., 2020), we discovered the publication of an obscure monotypic genus of algae, Andersoniella F. Schmitz (1897: 520), that is nowadays recognized as a synonym of Leptocladia J.Agardh (1892: 95) (Schneider & Wynne, 2007). This immediately rendered our name a later homonym at the time of its publication (Turland et al., 2018). We are correcting this misstep here by recognizing the replacement name Andersoniodoxa, meaning “the glory of Anderson”. See our recent description of Andersoniella for further details on the character diagnosis of this genus, illustrations, key for identification, its phylogeny, and representative specimens (including types) (Davis et al., 2020).