Microlicia vestita Schrank et Mart. ex De Candolle (1828: 119)

Romero, Rosana, Versiane, Ana Flávia Alves & Woodgyer, Elizabeth M., 2022, Miscellaneous taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Microlicia D. Don (Melastomataceae), Phytotaxa 559 (2), pp. 99-131 : 121-123

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.559.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7037150
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scientific name	Microlicia vestita Schrank et Mart. ex De Candolle (1828: 119)
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Microlicia vestita Schrank et Mart. ex De Candolle (1828: 119) View in CoL .

In alpestribus prov. Bahiensis Brasiliae. Rhexia vestita Schr. et Mart.! mss. [in the protologue].

Lectotype (designated here):—[ BRAZIL]. Habitat in alpestribus prope Vila de Catité , Rio das Constas Sincorá, Provinciae Bahiensis, s.d., Martius [sheet] (holotype M0032374!, isotypes BR0000005221486!, BR0000005221813!, BM000795955!, G00343739!, G00310288! [fragment], M0165726!, P02297737!).

= Microlicia gardneri Naudin (1849: 240) View in CoL . ≡ Microlicia vestita var. gardneri (Naudin) Cogniaux (1883: 92) View in CoL . In Brasiliae septentrionalis provincia Pernambuco, Gardner Cat. n° 2852 [in the protologue]. Lectotype (designated here):—Brésil [ BRAZIL]. Province de Piauhy et Pernambuco: Rio Preto, September 1839, G. Gardner 2852 [sheet] (P02297738!, isolectotypes BR0000005221820!, BM000795963!, CAS0003507!, G00343740!, G00318512!, K000530516!, K000530517!, NY00114859!, P02297739!, P02297740!, SP!, W0053607!), syn. nov.

= Microlicia vestita View in CoL var. ss. densifolia Cogniaux (1883: 91). In prov. Goyaz [Goiás] inter Cavalcante et Conceição , Burchell n. 8017 [in the protologue]. Lectotype (designated here):—[ BRAZIL]. s.loc., s.d., Burchell 8017 [sheet] ( BR0000005221165 !, isolectotypes BM000795953!, K000530514!, NY00229480!, OXF!, P02297703 !, US00120276!), syn. nov.

Notes:— De Candolle (1828) described M. vestita based on a specimen from Bahia deposited at M (v. s. in h. Mart.). In the protologue of M. vestita, De Candolle (1828) explicitly reported he described this species based on a sheet of Rhexia vestita Schr. et Mart. ! (mss.) from Martius herbarium. We assume this manuscript refers to the handwritten description by Schrank attached on the left side of the sheet. Thus, we conclude that this is the holotype and that the other sheet that does not have the handwritten description is the isotype. In the label attached to the sheet is annotated Minas Gerais, but in the description of Schrank and Martius also attached to the sheet is mentioned “Vila de Caitité, Rio de Contas, and Serra de Sincorá”, all localities from Bahia state. There is only one record to Pernambuco ( Naudin 1849), although no recent collection is known for this state. Historical and recent collections are known only from Goiás state.

Since there are three sheets from Gardner 2852 at P, and one belonged to E. Drake’s herbarium (P02297740) donated to P (see Bureau 1904; Le Bras et al. 2017), we designated as lectotype of M. gardneri the sheet with a detailed description and drawing made by Naudin.The morphological features used to describe M. gardneri and M. vestita var. densifolia are variations on the typical form, insufficient to recognize them as distinct taxa from M. vestita ; therefore, we propose them as synonyms of M. vestita .