Henriettea ramiflora (Sw.) Candolle (1828: 178)

Brito, Eliete Da Silva, Lima, Laíce Fernanda Gomes De, Baumgratz, José Fernando A. & Viana, Pedro Lage, 2019, Lectotypification of names in Henriettea (Melastomataceae, Henrietteeae), Phytotaxa 405 (3), pp. 106-112 : 109-110

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scientific name	Henriettea ramiflora (Sw.) Candolle (1828: 178)
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10. Henriettea ramiflora (Sw.) Candolle (1828: 178) View in CoL .

Basionym: Melastoma ramiflorum Swartz (1788: 69) View in CoL ≡ Henriettella ramiflora (Sw.) Naudin (1852: 106) .

Type:— “ Habitat in Jamaica in Paroeciae St. Thomae in valle locis paludosis”, without date, Masson s.n. (lectotype: BM000793047 !, designated by Swartz (1797); isolectotype: LINN-HS 782.10!.

= Henriettea surinamensis Miquel (1851: 45) View in CoL ≡ Henriettea trinervia Naudin (1852: 105) View in CoL , nom. illeg). (Art. 52.1 and 53.2 of the ICN).

Type:— “ Surinam ”, without date, Hostmann 373 (lectotype: U0004025 !, designated here; isolectotypes: K000537028!, L2534162!, NY00228624 !, NY00228625 !)

= Henriettea succosa var. guianensis Gleason View in CoL in Sandwith et al. (1939: 551).

Type:— “ Guyana, Mazaruni Station”, 13 August 1937, Sandwith 1056 (lectotype: K000537035!, designated here; isolectotypes: IAN021161!, K000537034!, NY00228623 !, U0004026 !) .

Swartz (1788) described Melastoma ramiflorum based on Masson s.n., from Jamaica, but without stating the herbarium where the specimen was deposited. However, Swartz (1797) later stated that the type was deposited at BM.

Miquel (1851) described Henriettea surinamensis based on the collection Hostmann 373 but did not indicate in which herbarium the type was deposited. Specimens of this collection were found at K, L, NY, and U. The specimen U 0004025 is selected as the lectotype, because it belongs to the herbarium where Miquel worked, in additon to the well preserved structures and abundant reproductive material.

Gleason (1939) described H. succosa var. guianensis based on Sandwith 1056, and indicated that the holotype was deposited at K. However, since two specimens from this collection can be found in this herbarium, here we select K000537035 as the lectotype, as it better represents the original description, with complete flowers (including stamens), and better preserved reproductive material.