Goeppertia violacea (Lindley) J.M.A.Braga & F.Silva, 2017

Braga, João Marcelo Alvarenga, Silva, Felipe Araujo, Cardoso, Leandro Jorge Telles, Joffily, Ana & Couto, Ricardo Sousa, 2017, New combinations and typifications in Goeppertia (Marantaceae), Phytotaxa 312 (1), pp. 143-146 : 144

Goeppertia violacea (Lindley) J.M.A.Braga & F.Silva , comb. nov.

Basionym:— Calathea violacea Lindley (1826: 961) .

≡ Phrynium violaceum (Lindley) Roscoe (1828 : t. 37)

≡ Zelmira violacea (Lindley) Rafinesque (1838: 50)

≡ Phyllodes violacea (Lindley) Kuntze (1891: 697)

≡ Calathea allouia var. violacea (Roscoe) Woodson in Woodson & Schery (1942: 332) ≡ Goeppertia violacea (Roscoe) Borchsenius & S. Suárez (2012: 630) , nom. inval.

Type:— Lectotype, Lindley (1826): t. 962 (ref. sp 961), designated here.

= Phrynium floribundum Lemaire (1852: 189) .

Type:— Lectotype, Lemaire (1852): t. 189, designated here.

= Calathea violacea Lindley (1825: 932) , nom. nud.

Notes:—Without any diagnosis or illustration, Lindley (1825) initially cited only the name Calathea violacea , indicating that he would soon publish this new species. Indeed, Lindley (1826) did effectively publish Calathea violacea , providing a detailed description and illustration. Afterwards, Calathea violacea has been transferred to different genera ( Roscoe 1828, Rafinesque 1828, Kuntze 1891). Always with the authors explicitly citing the name by Lindley (1826) as basionym. However, Woodson (1942) erroneously indicated Phrynium violaceum (Lindley) Roscoe (1828) as basionym for Calathea allouia var. violacea . Thus, the basionym proposed by Woodson (1942) is here changed, which does not prevent the valid publication of this combination (Art. 41.3). Borchsenius et al. (2012) also indicated Phrynium violaceum as basionym, and cited “ Calathea violacea (Roscoe) Lindl. ” as a synonym. However, this combination is nonexistent, and the illustration (Bot. Reg. 11: t. 932. 1825) presented by Borchsenius et al. (2012) cited is Goeppertia flavescens (Lindl.) Borchsenius & S. Suárez (2012: 630) . Roscoe (1828) clearly referenced the species of Lindley (1826). Thus, since Lindley (1826) was omitted, the combination of Borchsenius et al. (2012) is invalidated, because a full and direct reference to a valid publication of the basionym was not given (Art. 41.5). Therefore, Goeppertia violacea is here validated with a full and direct reference to the correct basionym.