Pontederia africana (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn, 2018

Pellegrini, Marco O. O., Horn, Charles N. & Almeida, Rafael F., 2018, Total evidence phylogeny of Pontederiaceae (Commelinales) sheds light on the necessity of its recircumscription and synopsis of Pontederia L., PhytoKeys 108, pp. 25-83 : 25

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.108.27652

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B13EC477-3B4F-0B72-753B-93F871C90FBE

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scientific name

Pontederia africana (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn
status

comb. nov.

2.1. Pontederia africana (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn comb. nov.

Monochoria africana (Solms) N.E.Br., Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 5. 1901.

Monochoria vaginalis var. africana Solms, Monogr. Phan. 4: 525. 1883. Holotype. B†; Lectotype (designated here). CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Djur Region, Seriba Ghattas, fl., 27 Aug 1869, G.A. Schweinfurth 2296 (PRE barcode PRE0792113-0!; isolectotypes: K barcodes K000321232!, K000321233!).

Distribution.

Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Sudan.

Nomenclatural notes.

Solms-Laubach (1883) clearly designates the specimen at B as the holotype for his new taxon Monochoria vaginalis var. africana . However, since the holotype was destroyed during WWII ( Cook 1989), a lectotype is needed. The specimen at PRE is in great condition and possesses a complete preserved individual, thus being selected by us as the lectotype.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Pontederiaceae

Genus

Pontederia

Loc

Pontederia africana (Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn

Pellegrini, Marco O. O., Horn, Charles N. & Almeida, Rafael F. 2018
2018
Loc

Monochoria vaginalis var. africana

Solms 1883
1883