Spathodea corymbosa Vent.

Callmander, Martin W., Durbin, Olivier D., Lack, Hans-Walter, Bungener, Patrick, Martin, Pascal & Gautier, Laurent, 2017, Etienne-Pierre Ventenat (1757 - 1808) and the gardens of Cels and Empress Joséphine, Candollea 72 (1), pp. 87-132 : 116

76. Spathodea corymbosa Vent. in Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 8: 19. 1807 [ cited in Choix Pl.: tab. 40. 1807].

Ξ Bignonia corymbosa (Vent.) L.G. Lohmann

Typus: TRINIDAD: sine loc., Riedlé s.n. (holo-: P [ P00481551 ]!) ( Fig. 12 ).

Notes. – No collection of this species has been found at G. A collection at P clearly comes from the Ventenat herbarium. It is the only example we have found of a Ventenat label at P. It is designated here as the holotype ( Fig. 12 ). This collection may have been in the herbarium of one of Ventenat’s contemporaries when his own herbarium has been sold to Delessert (see introduction). Both Lohmann (2008) and Lohmann & Taylor (2012) also considered this Riedlé collection as holotype.

Figures

Fig. 12. – Holotype of Spathodea corymbosa Vent. in P. This sheet is the only one found outside G with a label typical of Ventenat. [© Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris]