Gouania tiliifolia : The Correct Name for Gouania scandens

2011·1.1 MB·English

by  Peter B Phillipson

Gouania tiliifolia: The Correct Name for Gouania scandens
Peter B. Phillipson
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.0. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, U.S.A.;
and Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Departement Systematique et Evolution, UMR 7205,
Case Postale 39, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France, [email protected]
Martin W. Callmander
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.0. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, U.S.A.;
and Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Geneve, ch. de Llmperatrice 1, 1292
Chambesy, Switzerland
Sven Buerki
Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, United Kingdom
Abstract. In a recent revision of Gouania Jacq. 1783 and 1808. contained descriptions of five
tiliifolia Lam, occur in the region concerned. After
(Britten, 1906; Stafleu & Cowan, 1979) we estab¬
lished that the correct date of publication was 1789
ex l iil.i Buerki, Phillipson & Callm. is provided for manuscript. Unfortunately, we failed to notice that
name G. tiliifolia to have priority over the name G.
incluant les autres ties de l’Ocean Indien occidental, published in 1791 (based on Retinarui scandons
Cette erreur est corrigee et la nouvelle combinaison
G. tiliifolia subsp. glandulosa (Boivin ex Tul.)
Phillipson & Callm. (based on G. glandulosa Boivin
Jacq. (Rhamnaceae) for Madagascar and the other
western Indian Ocean islands (Buerki et al., 2011), a
1789, as “'tiliaefoliaf non Gouania tiliifolia
Rottb. ex DC., 1825. nee Gouania tiliifolia
TYPE: [Reunion Island], lie Bourbom s.d. (fl.
doi: 10.3417/2011078 Novon 21: 481-482. Published on 29 December 2011.