Adiantum truncatum Burm. f.

Mazumdar, Jaideep, Callmander, Martin W. & Fumeaux, Nicolas, 2019, Typification and nomenclature of the ferns described in N. L. Burman’s Flora Indica, Candollea 74 (1), pp. 93-109 : 96

Adiantum truncatum Burm. f. , Fl. Ind.: 235, tab. 66, fig. 4. 1768.

≡ Acacia truncata (Burm. f.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 34. 1824. (Leguminosae)

Lectotypus (designated here): [ AUSTRALIA]: Burm. f., Fl. Ind.: tab. 66, fig. 4. 1768 ( Fig. 1 ).

Notes. – Adiantum truncatum was described based on a sterile Christiaan Kleynhoff collection. This name is currently accepted under Acacia truncata (Leguminosae) . The Kleynhoff collection was cited as originating from Java but this is certainly an error as this plant does not grow in Java ( MERRILL, 1921: 353) but is rather endemic to southwestern Australia ( MASLIN, 1978, 2001).

Despite another thorough search in the Geneva herbarium, no original material was located, as already mentioned by MASLIN (1978: 318). We therefore formally designate the plate in Flora Indica as lectotype.

Figures

Fig. 1. – Plate 66 of Flora Indica (Burman, 1768) representing Ophioglossum pedatum Burm. f. (fig. 1), Polypodium trapezoides Burm. f. (fig. 2), P. radicans Burm. f. (fig. 3) and Adiantum truncatum Burm. f. (fig. 4). [© Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève]