Didymocheton spectabilis (G.Forst.) Mabb. & Holzmeyer, 2021

Holzmeyer, Laura, Hauenschild, Frank, Mabberley, David J. & Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N., 2021, Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species, TAXON 70 (6), pp. 1248-1272 : 1261

29. Didymocheton spectabilis (G.Forst.) Mabb. & Holzmeyer , comb. nov.

≡ Trichilia spectabilis G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. :

33. 1786 ≡ Dysoxylum spectabile (G.Forst.) Hook.f., Handb.

N. Zeal. Fl.: 41. 1864 – Lectotype (designated here by D.J. Mabberley): “132”, “ Trichilia spectabilis ” – partially coloured graphite sketch (NHM-UK-L-5623-189-M-1), with analysis, drawn at Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound), South Island , New Zealand, November 1773, by Georg[e] Forster (BM!).

Distribution. – New Zealand (see Braggins & al., 1999).

Notes. – Although Allan (1961: 427) wrote, “Type locality: Queen Charlotte Sound. Type: P, Forst. f.”, no such herbarium (or other) material has ever been found at P (see Nicolson & Fosberg, 2004: 500) and, as no specimen has been found anywhere, the only surviving original material is artwork, of which the excellent field-sketch made by Georg[e] Forster is here selected as lectotype. See also: Nicolson & Fosberg (2004: 500); Mabberley (2017b: 116, t. 50).