A note on the priority of the simultaneously validated synonymous sectional names in Anthurium Schott (Araceae—Pothoideae), sect. Schizoplacium (Schott) Engl. and sect. Dactylophyllium (Schott) Engl., and typification of their respective lectotype species.

 

Alistair Hay, Martín Llano-Almario, & Mónica M. Carlsen

ABSTRACT

It is shown that when simultaneously validated Anthurium sect. Schizoplacium (Schott) Engl. and Anthurium sect. Dactylophyllium (Schott) Engl. are treated as synonyms, which molecular studies support, the former has nomenclatural priority. A brief review of their historical usage is given. Pothos palmatus L., the basionym of Anthurium palmatum (L.) Schott which is the lectotype species of sect. Schizoplacium, is here lectotypified. Anthurium kunthii Poepp., the lectotype species of sect. Dactylophyllium, is here neotypified.

 

KEYWORDS

Anthurieae, infrageneric nomenclature, Charles Plumier