Firensia hirsuta (Willd.) Raf., Cordiaceae

Feuillet, Christian, 2013, The typification of Cordia flavescens Aubl., the transfer of Firensia Scop. from Cordia L. (Cordiaceae, Boraginales) to the synonymy of Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae), and the identity of the species of Firensia, PhytoKeys 23, pp. 19-24 : 22

3. Firensia hirsuta (Willd.) Raf., Cordiaceae

Cordia nodosa Lam., Tab. Encycl. 1: 422. 1792. Type: Aublet (1775) Hist. Pl. Guiane 3: pl. 86.

Cordia collococca sensu J.B. Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 219; & 3: pl. 86. 1775; non L. 1757. (= Cordia nodosa Lam.)

Cordia hirsuta Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 5 [as “4”] 1(2): 1076. 1798. Type: Based on Cordia nodosa Lam.

Firensia hirsuta (Willd.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 40. 1838. Type: Based on Cordia nodosa Lam.

Lithocardium nodosum (Lam.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 2: 977. 1891. Type: Based on Cordia nodosa Lam.

Notes.

Sometimes the collection from French Guiana-J.B. Aublet s.n. (BM [scan!], LINN SM-374.5 [microfiche!], P-Rousseau 5: 181! [acquired by P only in 1953])-is cited as the type of Cordia nodosa and Cordia hirsuta . In fact it is unlikely that Lamarck (1792, 1, 2(1): 422) or Willdenow (1798, 1(2): 1076) saw a specimen as they only cited Aublet plate 86.

Aublet s.n. can be seen at http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/bm000906214

Cordia hirsuta Fresen. 1857 is different from Cordia hirsuta Willd. 1798.

For other synonyms, see Johnston (1935: 13-14).