Peperomia botterii C. DC.

Mathieu, Guido & Callmander, Martin W., 2017, Lectotypifications of Peperomia species (Piperaceae) from Veracruz, Mexico, Candollea 72 (2), pp. 333-338 : 334-336

Peperomia botterii C. DC. in J. Bot. 4: 145. 1866.

Lectotypus (designated here): MEXICO: Orizaba , 1855, Sallé s.n. (G-DC [ G00208262 ]!; isolecto-: G [ G00341701 , G00341706 ]!) . Syntypus: MEXICO: sine loc., 1856, Botteri s.n. (G-DC [ G00208263 ]!) ( Fig. 1 ) .

Notes. – Two syntypes were designated in the protologue: Botteri s.n. and Sallé s.n., both in G-DC ( Fig. 1 ). They are mounted together on the same sheet. The Sallé collection, mounted to the right side, better shows the characteristics of the species and is designated here as the lectotype. Two duplicates in G are considered part of the original material: one originating from the BarbeyBoissier herbarium and labeled as: “Orizaba, M. Sallé 1855” [ G00341701 ] and the other one originating from the Moricand herbarium [ G00341706 ] and labeled as: “ Plantes du Mexique récoltés par M. Sallé aux environs d’Orizaba en 1854-1855”. The latter specimen mentions a number “50”, but it is unclear whether this is a collection number. Other Peperomia collected by Sallé are extant in the G herbaria (all to be determined as P. subblanda despite former identifications) there is only one specimen that bears a number whereas apparent duplicates remained unnumbered: Sallé 122 [ G00341709 ] originating from the Moricand herbarium; Sallé s.n. [ G00341707 ] from the Barbey-Boissier herbarium and two Sallé s.n. specimens from the G-DC herbarium [ G00208247 , G00208264 ] .

Peperomia bracteata A.W. Hill in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 21: 155. 1907.

Lectotypus (designated here): GUATEMALA. Dept. Huehuetenango: Todos los Santos, 11.IX.1896, Seler 2731 ( GH!) . Syntypus: GUATEMALA. Dept. Huehuetenango: Estancia de la Virgen, 13.IX.1896, Seler 2743 ( GH!) .

Notes. – Two syntypes were designated in the protologue: Seler 2731 and 2743 (both in B). These B specimens were lost during World War II and pictures are not extant in F (see above). TRELEASE (1922: 138) cited Seler 2743 as type material but mentions it with the collection locality of Seler 2731 (as herbarium in G-DC. The designated lectotype, Sallé s.n. (G-DC [ G00208262 ]), is mounted to the right side.

“Sactos”). This cannot be accepted as an implicit lectotypification. Seler 2743 is designated here as the lectotype. This collection is mounted together with Seler 2743 in GH.

Figures

Fig. 1. – The two syntypes of Peperonia botterii C. DC. mounted together on the same sheet in the C. de Candolle’s Piperaceae