Gynochthodes trimera (Hillebr.) Razafim & B.Bremer, 2011

Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. & Bremer, Birgitta, 2011, Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindeae (Rubiaceae), Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 283-309 : 295-296

69. Gynochthodes trimera (Hillebr.) Razafim & B.Bremer , comb nov.

BASIONYM. — Morinda trimera Hillebr. , Flora Hawaiian

Islands 177 (1888). — Type: Hawaiian Islands , east Maui ,

Hamakua, J. M. Lydgate s.n. (holo-, BISH!).

Morinda sandwicensis O.Deg. , Flora Hawaiiensis 332 (1936); Morinda sandwicensis O.Deg. var. sandwicensis , (autonym used by H. St.John , Pacific Science 33 (4): 372 [1979, publ. 1980]), syn. nov. — Type: Hawaiian Island, Waianae Mts. 10.VII.1932, O. Degener, K. Park, & Y. Nitta 9423 (holo-, BISH!; iso-, MO!, NY!).

Morinda lainaiensis H.St.John , Pacific Science 33 (4): 369 (1979, publ. 1980), syn. nov. — Type: Hawaiian Islands , Lanai Island, Kahinahina, 14.VI.1915, G. C. Mubro 262 (holo-, BISH!).

Morinda sandwicensis O.Deg. var. glabrata (O.Deg.) H.St. John , Pacific Science 33 (4): 372 (1979, publ. 1980); Morinda sandwicensis O.Deg. f. glabrata O.Deg. , Flora Hawaiiensis , Family 332 (1936), syn. nov. — Type: Hawaiian Islands, Waianae Mts., 13.V.1932, O. Degener, K. Park, D. Topping, & O. Swezey 4150 (holo-, BISH!; iso-, NY).

Morinda sandwicensis O.Deg. var. hosakae H.St.John , Pacific Science 33 (4): 374 (1979, publ. 1980), syn. nov.— Type: Hawaiian Islands , Oahu Island, Koolau Range, 16.IV.1923, E. Y. Hosaka 963 (holo-, BISH!; isotype, NTBG!).

Morinda waikapuensis H.St.John , Pacific Science 33 (4): 376 (1979, publ. 1980), syn. nov. — Type: Hawaiian Islands , Maui Island, Waikapu Valey, VI.1910, C. N. Forbes 133.M (holo-, BISH!).

REMARKS

Morinda trimera is one of the two arborescent species of Morinda that we transferred to Gynochthodes sensu Razafimandimbison et al. (2009) based on Razafimandimbison & Bremer (unpubl. data) analyses based on combined nrETS, nrITS, rps16, and trnT-F data. The range of its flowers length also falls within that of Gynochthodes . We consider M. lainaiensis , M. sandwicensis , and M. waikapuensis to be synonyms of M. trimera and hereby provide their synonymies in order to avoid unnecessary combinations in Gynochthodes .