Gynochthodes umbellata, Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. & Bremer, Birgitta, 2011

Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. & Bremer, Birgitta, 2011, Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindeae (Rubiaceae), Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 283-309 : 296

71. Gynochthodes umbellata (L.) Razafim. & B.Bremer, comb. nov.

BASIONYM. — Morinda umbellata L., Species Plantarum

176 (1753). — Type: Herb. Hermann 3: 11, no. 81 (BM-

000621833) (lecto-, designated by Smith & Darwin

[1988: 333], BM).

Morinda padavara Juss. ex Schult. , Systema Vegetabilium 5: 216 (1819), syn. nov. — Type: Malabar s.n. (lecto-, designated here, P-JU!).

Morinda scandens Roxb. , Flora of India 2: 201 (1824), syn. nov. — Type: drawing nº 2570 in Icones Roxburghinae (holo-, K).

Morinda umbellata L. var. scortechinii King & Gamble , Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part 2. Natural History 73: 88 (1904); Morinda scortechinii (King & Gamble) Ridl. , Flora of the Malay Peninsula 2: 118 (1923), syn. nov. — Type: Scortechini 2015 (holo-, K).

Morinda umbellata L. var. tonkinensis Pit. , in Lecomte H. & Humbert H., Flore Générale de l’ Indochine 3: 323 (1924), syn. nov. — Type: Vietnam, Lang-bian, A. Chevalier s.n. (lecto-, designated here, P!) .

Morinda umbellata L. var. accuminatissima Valeton, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pfanzengeographie 61: 153 (1927), syn. nov. — Type: New Guinea, 850 m atl., Ledermann 9331 (holo-,?) .

Morinda boninensis Ohwi, Feddes Repertorium 36: 57 (1934); Morinda umbellata L. var. boninensis (Ohwi) T.Yamaz. , Journal of Japanese Botany 61: 343 (1986), syn. nov. — Type: S. Nishimura s.n. (holo-, TO).

Morinda umbellata L. var. archboldiana Fosberg , Sargentia 1: 123 (1942), syn. nov. — Type: Fiji, Viti Levu, Serua, vicinity of Ngaloa, Thulanuku, dense forest, 30 m alt., 29.IV.1941, Degener 15115 (holo-, US!; iso-, A!, NY!, S!).

Morinda umbellata L. var. forsteri Seem. , Sargentia 1: 123 (1942), syn. nov. — Type: Society Islands, J. R. & G. Forsteri s.n. (lecto-, designated by Smith & Darwin (1988: 333), K!; isolecto-, BM!).

Morinda umbellata L. var. hahazimensis T.Yamaz. , Journal of Japanese Botany 61: 343 (1986), syn. nov. — Type: Japan, Hahazima Island, 15.VII.1920, T. Nakai s.n. (holo-, TI) .

Morinda umbellata L. var. obovata Y.Z.Ruan , Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 71: 325 (1999), syn. nov. — Type: China, Guangdong, Fengshun & G. Li 201473 (holo-, IBSC) .

REMARKS

We have not been able to trace the original material of Morinda umbellata L. var. accuminatissima Valeton. According to Stafleu and Cowan (1986: 649), the type specimen may be located at BO, P, and U. We made requests to these herbaria without success.