Typifications in neotropical Sapotaceae

By

Alves-Araújo, Anderson
dos Santos Moraes, Quelita
Nichio-Amaral, Renara
Miranda, Victor

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

170

Pages

45--69

Subjects

Ericales , historical botany , lectotypification , Nomenclature

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.170.54718

 

Abstract

Sapotaceae is historically known as having a tricky and challenging taxonomy due to tangled morphologic heterogeneity. Consequently, this resulted in a large number of described genera and binomials. After Pennington’s Flora Neotropica work, several of those nomenclature issues were resolved. Nevertheless, many binomials remain unsolved and up for typification. Thus, following the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants, we propose 74 new lectotype designations, four of these are second-step typifications.