Aspidosperma cuspa (Kunth) S.F.Blake, 1926

Castello, Ana Carolina Devides, Pereira, Andreza Stephanie De Souza, Shimizu, Gustavo Hiroaki, Zuntini, Alexandre Rizzo, Simões, André Olmos & Koch, Ingrid, 2022, Taxonomy and nomenclature of Aspidosperma (Apocynaceae), Phytotaxa 571 (3), pp. 239-277 : 248-249

Aspidosperma cuspa (Kunth) S.F.Blake in Pittier, Man. Pl. Usual. Venez.: 110. 1926.

≡ Conoria cuspa Kunth in Humb. et al. Nov. Gen. Sp. 7, ed. qu.: 242, ed. fol.: 188. 1825, nom. cons. ≡ Alsodeia cuspa (Kunth) Spreng. , Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2): 99. 1827. ≡ Rinorea cuspa (Kunth) Baill. , Hist. Pl. 4: 346. 1873.

Holotype:— VENEZUELA. Sucre: In montosis prope Bordones et Cumana , s.d., F.W.H.A. von Humboldt & A.J.A. Bonpland s.n. ( P [barcode P00679672 image!]) . Epitype (designated by Castello et al. in Taxon 66(3): 753. 2017):— VENEZUELA. Sucre: Entre Puerto La Cruz y Cumaná , Jul 1964, L. Aristeguieta 5365 ( MO [barcode MO-016045 image!]; isoepitype: NY [barcode 02840460 image!]) .

= Aspidosperma bicolor Mart. & Zucc. in Flora 7(1, Beil. 4): 136. 1824, nom. rej. ≡ Thyroma bicolor (Mart.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Am. : 25. 1878. ≡ Macaglia bicolor (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 416. 1891. Lectotype (designated by Castello et al. in Taxon 66(3): 753. 2017):— BRAZIL. Piauí: s.d., C F.P. von Martius s.n. (M [barcode M-0183528 image!]; isolectotype: M [barcode M-0183529 image!]).

= Aspidosperma decipiens Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 30(4): 398. 1860. ≡ Thyroma decipiens (Müll.Arg.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Am. : 24. 1878. ≡ Macaglia decipiens (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 416. 1891. Lectotype (designated here): — VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Prope Maypures ad Flumen Orenoco, Jun 1854, R. Spruce 3617 (K [barcode K000587706 image!]; isolectotypes: BR [barcode 0000006955762 image!], G [barcode G00169407 image!], K [barcode K000587706 image!, barcode K000587707 image!], NY [barcode 00297957 image!], RB [fragment] [barcode 00535029!], TCD [barcode TCD0006576 image!], W [No. 1889-0011844 image!]). B†, F negative No. 4411 image!.

= Aspidosperma lhotzkianum Müll.Arg. in Mart. & auct. suc., Fl. Bras. 6(1): 60. 1860. ≡ Aspidosperma lhotzkianum var. lhotzkianum . ≡ Thyroma lhotzkiana (Müll.Arg.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Am. : 25. 1878. Neotype (designated here): — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Araguari, Funil I, Capim Branco I, 15 Dec 2006, P.O. Rosa et al. 249 (UEC [barcode UEC037427!]; isoneotype: HUFU [barcode HUFU00002354!]).

= Aspidosperma sessiliflorum Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 30(4): 399. 1860. ≡ Thyroma sessiliflora (Müll.Arg.) Miers, Apocyn. S. Am. : 23. 1878. Lectotype (designated here): — TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 1825, F.W. Sieber s.n. [Fl. Trinitatis No. 53] (F [barcode V0092444F image!]; isolectotypes: BM [barcode BM000645172 image!, barcode BM000645173 image!], F [barcode V0092444F image!], G (mounted on two herbarium sheets) [barcode G00169458 image!], K [barcode K000587639 image!], MO [fragment] [barcode MO-015980 image!, barcode MO-2958522 image!], W [No. W0048490 image!]).

= Aspidosperma domingense Urb., Symb. Antill. 5: 460. 1908. Syntype [perhaps holotype]:— DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Distrito Nacional: Santo Domingo, prope Santiago in Cuesta de Piedra , 6 Jun 1887, H.F.A. von Eggers 2349 (K [barcode K000587637 image!]; isosyntype: RB [fragment] [barcode 00535034!]).

= Aspidosperma sellowii var. collinum Hassl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(325/330): 263. 1913. Holotype:— PARAGUAY. Cordillera: Cerro Tobaty, Mar 1898 /1899, E. Hassler 4044 (G (mounted on three herbarium sheets) [barcode G00108678 image!]).

= Aspidosperma lucentivenium S.F.Blake in Contr. Gray Herb. 3(53): 46. 1918. Holotype:— VENEZUELA. [Vargas]: La Guaira , between La Guaira and Río Grande, 12 Jun 1917, H.M. Curran & M. Haman 970 (GH [barcode 00057212 image!]; isotypes: NY [barcode 00297974 image!], US [barcode 00111802 image!]).

= Aspidosperma ellipticum Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl. : 82. 1920. Lectotype (designated here): — COLOMBIA. [Magdalena]: Santa Marta, at Masinga Vieja, 25 Apr 1898 /1899, H.H. Smith 836 [pro parte [flowering branch]] (NY [barcode 00297966 image!]; isolectotypes: A [barcode 00057210 image!], CM [barcode 1715 image!, barcode 1716 image!], DAO [barcode 000455914 image!], F [barcode V0092455 F image!], GH [barcode 02178467 image!], L [barcode L0004432 image!], LL [barcode 00000190 image!], MA [barcode MA215679 image!], MICH [barcode 1229504 image!], P [barcode P00645108 image!], PH [barcode 00004863 image!], S [No. S04- 1713 image!], U [barcode U0000468 image!], US [barcode 01107883 image!], WIS [barcode v0255156WIS image!]).

= Aspidosperma lhotzkianum var. hypolasium Malme in Ark. Bot. 21A(6): 11. 1927. Lectotype (designated here): — BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá, 21 Dec 1902, G.O.A. Malme 2745 (S [No. S04-1775 image!]; isolectotypes: G [barcode G00169409 image!], LD [barcode 1927627 image!], R [barcode R000020529 !], S [No. S12-16259 image!, No. S-PL-17707]).

= Aspidosperma woronovii Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., bot. ser. 8(1): 34. 1930. Holotype:— COLOMBIA. Huila: Quebrada de Mambucá , 29 Aug 1926, G.G.N. Woronow 7075 (LE [barcode LE00004512 image!]; isotypes: F [barcode V0092490 F image!, [fragment] barcode V0092491 F image!]).

“ Aspidosperma ecuadorense ” Woodson , mss. in sched.

“ Aspidosperma elliptica ” Rusby , orth. var.

“ Aspidosperma lhotzkianum var. parvifolium ” Taub., mss. in sched.

“ Aspidosperma ovalifolium ” Allemão , mss. in sched.

“ Aspidosperma sissiliflora ” Müll.Arg. , orth. var.

Notes — Rusby (1920) indicated the collection Smith 836 in the prologue of A. ellipticum . However, since the same collecting number was used for two different gatherings, corresponding to specimens with follicles (“Bonda, in February”) and flowers (“Masinga Vieja, April 25”), we chose as the lectotype collection of A. ellipticum the gathering with flowers and the specimen from the herbarium NY as the lectotype since it belongs to the herbarium where Rusby worked (ICN article 9.3; Turland et al. 2018). Also, Rusby (1920) mentioned that the preparations of Smith 836 would contain a mixture of species ( A. decipiens and A. ellipticum ). Still, we disagree with that since the characteristics of A. decipiens and A. ellipticum overlap with those of A. cuspa , such as the leaves with reticulodromous venation, leafopposed inflorescences, and basal or apical seed nuclei.

Müller-Argoviensis (1860b) indicated the gathering Spruce 3617 in the prologue of A. decipiens but did not cite in which herbarium the type would be deposited. Thus, we chose a specimen with mature inflorescences from this collection as the lectotype of A. decipiens (K barcode K000587706) (ICN article 9.3; Turland et al. 2018). For that same reason, we chose lectotypes for A. lhotzkianum var. hypolasium and A. sessiliflorum . In the case of A. lhotzkianum var. hypolasium , from the single gathering indicated by Malme (1927), we elected the best-preserved material as the lectotype (S No. S04-1775) (ICN article 9.3; Turland et al. 2018). It is worth mentioning that unlike it was suggested by Woodson (1951), we did not find a type specimen of A. lhotzkianum var. hypolasium in the herbarium US (S. Lutz, personal information). For A. sessiliflorum , we chose a specimen with the most informative label from the single gathering presented by Müller-Argoviensis (1860b) as the lectotype (F barcode V0092444F) (ICN article 9.3; Turland et al. 2018).

Finally, since we did not find any extant original material belonging to the two gatherings of A. lhotzkianum cited by Müller-Argoviensis (1860a) (i.e., “ Habitat in prov. Minarum: Lhotzky in hb. Berol. ” and “ in siccis prope Cuiaba: Riedel n. 1210 ”), only the negative of Lhotzky s.n. from the herbarium B (B†, F negative No. 4420), we understand that this name has no nomenclatural type attached to it. According to the ICN article 9.13 ( Turland et al. 2018): “If no original material is extant or as long as it is missing, a neotype may be selected”. Therefore, we elected a specimen with flowers from the same region that the original gathering (Minas Gerais state) as the neotype of A. lhotzkianum (UEC barcode UEC037427) (ICN article 9.13; Turland et al. 2018).