Celtis dioica Moore (1911: 204)

Zamengo, Henrique Borges, Chamorro, Debora, Gaglioti, André Luiz & Pederneiras, Leandro Cardoso, 2023, Nomenclatural revision of the names of Celtis (Cannabaceae) described for Africa, and lectotypification of one Asian name, Phytotaxa 603 (3), pp. 205-223 : 210

Celtis dioica Moore (1911: 204) .

Type: — AFRICA. Southern Rhodesia [currently Zimbabwe], Chirinda forest , 8 October 1906, fl., C.F.M. Swynnerton 108 (lectotype, designated here, BM barcode 000757267!; isolectotypes B barcode 10 0057862!, BM barcode 000757266!, K barcode 001291906!, K barcode 001291907!, K barcode 000243040!, K barcode 000442487!) .

Nomenclatural notes: —When describing C. dioica, Moore (1911: 205) cited collection “n. 108” without specifying the collector and herbarium in which specimens were conserved. Even if the author has not mentioned the collector and the herbarium of deposit, this information can be obtained in this same publication. Moore (1911: 15) mentions that the collections belong to C.F.M. Swynnerton and that the types are deposited in BM. Moore (1911) mentioned the number of the collector, and the herbarium of deposit for the type material (BM herbarium), however, because there are two sheets in BM. We therefore designate the specimen in Herb. BM with barcode 000757267 as lectotype (ICN Art. 9.3), because this specimen is the only one with leaves, flowers, and fruits.

Taxonomic notes: —Synonym of Sparrea gomphophylla ( Fu et al. 2022) .