New names in Aralia (Araliaceae), living and fossil Doweld, Alexander B. Phytotaxa 2017 2017-02-22 297 1 62 70 Kolakovsky 1958 [162,388,172,199] Magnoliopsida Araliaceae Aralia Plantae Apiales 1 63 Tracheophyta species angustiloba  The fossil  Aralia angustiloba Kolakovsky (1958: 247, 1964: 51) [IFPNI: http://fossilplants.info/names/ 3C896ABA-275A-47F7-A68C-CC6AA123B529] was described on the basis of fossil leaf remains from the Pliocene sediments of Transcaucasus. It was initially proposed by Kolakovsky (1958: 247), who, however, did not validly publish it at that time according to Art. 40.1 of ICN (Melbourne Code; McNeill & al. 2012) because four specimens( III-1898, IIIа-2561, 2730, 2844) were cited and no holotypewas indicated.  A. angustilobaKolakovskywas later validated by Kolakovsky (1964: 51)[IFPNI:http://fossilplants.info/names/ 3B14D445-163A-448F-92CA-B6858FB672F0] through holotypedesignation and providing description in accordance with the requirements of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. However, Kolakovsky (1964)overlooked that the name has been used for another fossil  Aralia angustiloba Lesquereux (1878: 22)[IFPNI: http://fossilplants.info/names/ 910046DE-6A8A- 4A1D-8ED0-36E534DE8CDF] described on the basis of the fossil leaves from the Eocene sediments of Sierra Nevada, California, USA[now recognized in the platanaceous genus of fossil foliage  MacginitieaWolfe & Wehrin Manchester (1986: 224)as  M. angustiloba(Lesq.) Manchester (1986: 202)]. Therefore, the name  A. angustilobaKolakovskyis a later illegitimate homonym (ICN, Art. 53.1) and a new name is necessary to be proposed. In addition, Kolakovsky (1964, 1973) queried his initial attribution of fossil leaves to  Aralia, noticing the difference in venation between fossil and extant forms, and suggested its putative relationship with the genus  Brassaiopsis Decaisne & Planchon (1854: 106). But he did not formally transfer  A. angustilobaKolakovskyto  Brassaiopsis, noticing the fragmentary preservation of  A. angustilobaKolakovskyand unresolved relationships with another fossil species  Brassaiopsis mirabilis Kolakovsky (1964: 53), which was described on the better preserved and complete foliage from the Pliocene sediments of the Caucasus. On the occasion of the substitution of the homonymic name I exclude this fossil species from  Aralia, acknowledged the distinction in leaf venation, and place it into  Brassaiopsisupon further study: