A NOMENCLATOR OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RUBIACEAE 



(K). The K specimen of Sumichrast sub 

 Botteri 1017 is the best choice for lectotype 

 and has duplicates in two other herbaria. 

 — Rondeletia buddleioides Benth. 

 Rondeletia albida Lundell, Wrightia 5: 323. 

 1976. Type: MEXICO: Chiapas, Carelas, near 

 Motozintla, 2176, Apr 1945, E. Matuda 5509 

 (Holotype TEX-LL (photos MEXU, PTBG); 

 Isotypes F, MEXU, TEX-LL).— Rondeletia 

 laniflora Benth. 

 Rondeletia amoena (Planch.) Hemsl., Diag. PI. 

 Mex. 26. 1879. Rogiera amoena Planch., Fl. 

 Serr. Jard. 5: tab. 442, figs 1, 2. 1849. Type: 

 Based on plants cultivated in Belgium, 

 presumably from Guatemalan seed (type not 

 designated). 

 Rondeletia aprica Lundell, Contrib. Univ. 

 Michigan Herb. 7: 54. 1942. Type: MEXICO: 

 Chiapas, Saxchanal, Sierra Madre, in 

 advanced forest, 1-5 Jul 1941, E. Matuda 

 4314 (Holotype TEX-LL (photos MEXU, 

 MO, PTBG); Isotypes A, n.v., F, MO, US 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG)). Rogiera. 

 —Rondeletia cordata Benth. 

 Rondeletia aspera Standi., N. Amer. Fl. 32: 54. 

 1918. Type: COSTA RICA: San Jose, Pont du 

 Rodeo, Pacacol (Villa Colon), Jan 1891, H. 

 Pittier 3243 (Holotype US 941408 (photo 

 PTBG)). Arachnothryx. 

 Rondeletia atravesadensis Lorence, Novon 1: 

 137, fig 1A, B. 1991. Type: MEXICO: 

 Oaxaca, Cerro Atravesada-Cerro Azul, 

 Arroyo Rana, 6 Dec 1956, T. MacDougall s.n. 

 (Holotype MEXU 253128 (photo PTBG)). 

 Rondeletia backhousii Hook.f, Bot. Mag. 103: 

 tab. 6290. 1877. Based on material of 

 unknown origin cultivated at Kew, obtained 

 from the Backhouse establishment in York 

 (type not designated). Rogiera.— Status 

 uncertain, resembles Rondeletia panamensis 

 DC. but is nearly glabrous. 

 Rondeletia belizensis Standi., Carnegie Inst. 

 Wash. Publ. 461: 91. 1935. Type: BRITISH 

 HONDURAS (BELIZE): Jacinto Hills, 300 

 ft-, 28 Aug 1933, W. A. Schipp 1201 

 (Holotype F 683600 (photos MEXU, PTBG); 

 Isotypes GH, n.v., K (photo PTBG), MO). 

 Arachnothryx. 



Rondeletia belizensis Standi, var. longiloba 

 Lundell, Wrightia 5: 323. 1976. Type: 

 GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz, Rubelsanto, 

 2.3 km SEE [=ESE] of Balastrera, 20 Jul 

 1975, C. L. Lundell & E. Contreras 19545 

 (Holotype TEX-LL (photos MEXU, PTBG); 

 Isotypes F, MO (photo PTBG)).— Rondeletia 

 belizensis Standi. 

 Rondeletia bertieroides Standi., Publ. Field 

 Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 267. 1929. 

 Type: PANAMA: Bocas del Toro, Buena 

 Vista Camp, Chiriqui Trail, 900 m, 1928, 

 G. P. Cooper 598 (Yale 1223 1 ) (Holotype F 

 579614 (photo PTBG); Isotype NY, n.v.). 

 Arachnothryx. 

 Rondeletia bourgaei Standi., N. Amer. Fl. 32: 

 56. 1918. Type: MEXICO: Veracruz, Region 

 de Orizaba, Monte San Cristobal, 8 Jul 1866, 

 E. Bourgeau 2618 (Holotype US 49964 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG); Isotypes P (4 sheets, 

 photos MEXU, PTBG)). Arachnothryx. 

 —Rondeletia laniflora Benth. 

 Rondeletia brachistantha Standi. & Steyerm., 

 Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 25. 

 1943. Type: GUATEMALA: San Marcos, Rio 

 Vega, near San Rafael and Guatemala-Mexico 

 boundary, Volcan Tacana, 2500-3000 m, 20 

 Feb 1940, J. A. Steyermark 36286 (Holotype 

 F 1050045 (photos MEXU, PTBG); Isotype 

 US (photos MEXU, PTBG)). Rogiera. 

 —Rondeletia cordata Benth. 

 Rondeletia brandegeeana Lorence, Novon 1 : 

 138. 1991. Based on Otocalyx chiapensis 

 Brandegee, Univ. Calif Publ. Bot. 6: 69. 

 1914. Not Rondeletia chiapasensis Standi.. 

 1940. Type: MEXICO: Chiapas, Cerro del 

 Boqueron, middle region, moist valley slopes, 

 Aug 1913, C. ^4. Purpus 7041 (Holotype UC 

 173047 (photo PTBG); Isotypes GH, US 

 (fragment)). 

 Rondeletia breedlovei Lorence. Novon 4: 129. 

 fig. 6. 1994. Type: MEXICO: Chiapas, Mun. 

 of Tenejapa, paraje of Mahben Chauk, on 

 slopes along the Tana Te* River near Shal 

 K'esh, 2900 ft., 27 Nov 1964, D. E. Breedlove 

 7682 (Holotype F 1617735 (photo PTBG); 

 Isotype CAS (photo PTBG)). 



