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Sleumer (1955) in his review of Helicia 
Lour, accepted White’s Heliciayoungiana var. 
robusta and selected as lectotype Kajewski 
1219 at NSW \\QCto-typus haud vidi)’ but this 
specimen does not exist at NSW (see Olde 
2015). Isolectotypes of Kajewski 1219 that 
Sleumer did see are at A, K, NY and S. 
Foreman (1986) did not accept Sleumer’s 
earlier lectotypification and selected 
Simmonds s.n. (BRI AQ317462) at BRI as 
lectotype for Helicia youngiana var. robusta. 
Foreman (1986) transferred White’s variety to 
Triunia and raised it to species rank as Triunia 
robusta. 
Olde (2015) has asserted that Foreman’s 
(1986) lectotypification of Helicia youngiana 
var. robusta C.T.White is invalid as it is later 
than Sleumer’s (1955) lectotypification and 
Austrobaileya 9(3): 457-460 (2015) 
that Sleumer should be followed. Hence Olde 
(2015) has assigned Triunia robusta to what 
is known as T. erythrocarpa Foreman and 
provided a new name, T. kittredgei Olde, for 
the species in SE Qld. 
We have examined White’s (1933) 
protologue and the characters he used to 
describe Helicia youngiana var. robusta and 
compared them with the specimens from 
locality records he cited. Table 1 provides 
a list of White’s characters that he used to 
describe Helicia youngiana var. robusta and 
the presence of these characters for Simmonds 
s.n. [BRI AQ317462] (lectotype selected by 
Foreman (1986)), the other SE Qld collections 
and Kajewski 1219 (lectotype selected by 
Sleumer (1955)). The character list shows 
that Sleumer’s (1955) lectotypification, 
Kajewski 1219, is in serious conflict with 
Table 1. White’s characters for Helicia youngiana var. robusta from his protologue and the 
characters of the specimens he cited. 
White’s protologue 
Simmonds s.n. 
[AQ317462] 
Other SE Qld speci¬ 
mens from localities 
cited by White 
Kajewski 1219 
Leaves entire or 
sometimes toothed 
Leaves entire 
Leaves entire or 
sometimes toothed 
Leaves entire 
Leaves to 20 cm long 
Leaves 10-20 cm 
long 
Leaves 10-20 cm 
long 
Leaves 7-13 cm long 
Leaves to 5.5 cm 
wide 
Leaves 3.5-5.5 cm 
wide 
Leaves 3-5.5 cm 
wide 
Leaves 2.5-4 cm 
wide 
Leaves very shining 
above 
Leaves very shining 
above 
Leaves very shining 
above 
Leaves slightly shin¬ 
ing above 
Racemes to 10 cm 
long 
Racemes 8-10 cm 
long 
Racemes 8-10 cm 
long 
Racemes 3^1.5 cm 
long 
Pedicels to 7 mm 
long 
Pedicels 5-6 mm 
long 
Pedicels 6-7 mm 
long 
Pedicels 1-3 mm 
long 
Buds 15 mm long 
Buds 14-15 mm long 
Buds 14-15 mm long 
Buds 6-10 mm long 
Bracts to 10 mm 
long and 4 mm wide 
Bracts 5-6 mm long 
and 3 mm wide 
Bracts 10-11 mm 
long and 4 mm wide 
Bracts 7-8 mm long 
and 3-4 mm wide 
Fruits subglobose, 
2.5 cm long, 2.5 cm 
diam. 
No fruits 
Fruits subglobose, 
2.5 cm long, 2.5 cm 
diam. 
No fruits 
