Aspidosperma vargasii A.DC., Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 399. 1844.

≡ Macaglia vargasii (A.DC.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 2: 416. 1891.

Holotype:— VENEZUELA. [Distrito Federal]: Caracas, 1829, J.M. Vargas 132 (G [barcode G00143997 image!]). B†, F negative No. 7547 image !.

Notes —In the preface of his “ Prodromus ”,A.P. de Candolle (1824) stated that all specimens from his personal herbarium were identified with the sign “ v. s. ” (i.e., vidit sicco) (Ferrer-Gallego & Laguna 2018). We believe that A.L.P.P. de Candolle (1844) followed the same idea, as the single gathering cited in the protologue of A. vargasii was indicated as “ v. s. comm. a cl. Vargas ”. Currently, the specimens from the de Candolle family collection are incorporated into the herbarium G, recognized by the acronym G-DC. Since the only sheet of Vargas 132 from G has the G-DC label, we consider this specimen as the holotype of A. vargasii (G barcode G00143997).