Tovomitopsis saldanhae Engl., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(1): 457. 1888.

Marinho, Lucas C., Fiaschi, Pedro, Amorim, Andre M. & Bittrich, Volker, 2021, Clarifying the nomenclatural history of Tovomitopsis, a Brazilian endemic genus of Clusiaceae, PhytoKeys 181, pp. 49-64 : 49

Tovomitopsis saldanhae Engl., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(1): 457. 1888.

Chrysochlamys saldanhae ≡ Chrysochlamys saldanhae (Engl.) Oliveira-Filho, Cat. Árvores Nativas Minas Gerais: 93. 2006.

Clusia angustifolia = Clusia angustifolia Engl., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(1): 420. 1888, syn. nov. Type. lectotype (designated here), [Brazil: Rio de Janeiro] habitat in Brasiliae provincia Rio de Janeiro, in Serra dos Orgâos [21-31 March 1883], J. Saldanha da Gama 7335 (R! excl. branch with long internodes in the center and leaves without dark dots below). (Fig. 6 )

Type.

lectotype (designated here), [ Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis], Sommet du Morro da Carangola an Retiro , près de Petropolis, [22 December 1882], A. Glaziou 13576 (P! P01901232; isolectotypes: BR BR0000008675873, F F0360328F, P! P01901230, P! P01901231, R R000007580) .

Note.

Saldanha’s collection numbers listed in a close numerical sequence may well belong to the same gathering (R. Forzza pers. com.). However, it is not possible for us to authenticate the preceding.

Regarding the other species of Tovomitopsis described by Engler (1888), Vesque (1893) transferred Tovomitopsis spruceana to Clusia (as C. trochiformis Vesque) and inadvertently proposed the lectotype by citing Spruce 4569 at the Boissier herbarium (now housed at G) as the type, but unfortunately this specimen was not found.

Figures

Figure 6. Lectotype of Clusia angustifolia Engl. housed at R. The long branch in the center belongs to a different species not yet identified. Photographed by V. Bittrich.