Lijndenia meeusei (H. Perrier) R.D. Stone

Stone, R. Douglas, 2018, Lijndenia meeusei, the correct name for the species previously known as L. lutescens (Melastomataceae, Olisbeoideae), Candollea 73 (2), pp. 257-259 : 258

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2018v732a10
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6315124
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scientific name	Lijndenia meeusei (H. Perrier) R.D. Stone
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Lijndenia meeusei (H. Perrier) R.D. Stone View in CoL , comb. nova.

≡ Memecylon meeusei H. Perrier View in CoL in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 106. 1945.

Lectotypus (designated by STONE, 2017: 80): MADAGASCAR. Prov. Toamasina: Soanierana-Ambahoabé , 75 m, 3.XII.1938, fl., Lam & Meeuse 5624 ( L [ L0009293 ]!; isolecto-: BR [ BR000000626121 ]!, P [ P00057569 , P00057570 ]!, WAG [ WAG0002347 ]!).

= Lijndenia memecyloides R.D. Stone in Candollea 72: 80. 2017 View in CoL [nom. illeg.]. ≡ Memecylon lutescens Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 3, 18: 269. 1852 View in CoL [nom. illeg.] [non M. lutescens C. Presl View in CoL ]. ≡ Spathandra lutescens Jacq.Fél. in Adansonia ser. 2, 18: 228. 1978 View in CoL . ≡ Lijndenia lutescens (Jacq.-Fél.) Jacq.-Fél. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 7: 44. 1985 View in CoL . Lectotypus (designated by STONE, 2017: 80): MADAGASCAR: sine loco, s.d., fl., du Petit-Thouars s.n. ( P [ P00057566 ]!; isolecto-: P [ P00057567 ]!; BR [ BR000000626115 ] fragment!) .

Notes. – The leaf shape and peduncle length of Lam & Meeuse 5624 (type of Memecylon meeusei ) are unusual in comparison to the remaining collections assigned to Lijndenia lutescens ( STONE, 2017) . Because of this, it is rather unfortunate that the new combination L. meeusei must be taken up in accordance with the rule of priority. Under the present circumscription, however, these plants are regarded as conspecific. If future workers determine that the type of Memecylon meeusei belongs to a different species, then L. lutescens (Jacq.Fél.) Jacq.-Fél. would become the correct name for the plants previously known as L. lutescens (Jacq.-Fél.) Jacq.-Fél. The replacement name L. memecyloides R.D. Stone was illegitimate when published and will remain so unless conserved (ICN: Art. 6.4).