Graffenrieda micrantha (Gleason) Williams (1963: 564)

Murillo-Serna, Jhon S., Michelangeli, Fabián A. & Alzate-Guarín, Fernando, 2019, Typification of some names of Graffenrieda (Melastomataceae: Merianieae), Phytotaxa 391 (2), pp. 131-137 : 134

Graffenrieda micrantha (Gleason) Williams (1963: 564)

≡ Calyptrella micrantha Gleason (1950: 346–347)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— PANAMA. “from Fish Creek Mountains, Bocas del Toro Province ”, 17 April 1941, M. H. A. Wedell 2249 ( NY 00221477!, isolectotypes MO [cited by Gleason (1950) but not seen], US 00120315!).

Notes: Gleason (1950) stated in the protologue that Wedell 2249 was divided into two parts and these distributed to MO and NY. The publication does not designate any of the two as the main collection, so both constitute syntypes according to Art. 40. Note 1. of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018). Almeda (2009) mentions as holotype the collection deposited in NY, however, this can’t be considered an inadvertent lectotypification because the publication does not state that a lectotype is being designated and was published after January 1 st 2001 (see Turland et al. 2018). Therefore, a lectotype still needs to be designated. Apparently, the duplicate that should have been sent to MO was sent to US instead, since this collection was not located at MO but there is an additional specimen at US.