Comolia villosa (Aubl.) Triana (1872: 37), 1871

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11. Comolia villosa (Aubl.) Triana (1872: 37) . ≡ Rhexia villosa Aublet (1775: 334; tab. 129, fig. 1 in Aublet 1775a).

≡ Arthrostemma villosum (Aubl.) De Candolle (1828: 137) . ≡ Tetrameris villosa (Aubl.) Naudin (1850: 127) . Type:—

Guiana [in sheet] [ FRENCH GUIANA]. in pratis arenoʃis territorii Aroura , propè pr ӕdium Domini Le Grand [in protologue], s.d., Aublet s.n. (lectotype designated by Wurdack 1993: BM! p.p. on the right of sheet [ BM000889608 ];

isolectotype: LINN! [LINN-HS 654.15]).

= Comolia veronicaefolia Bentham (1840: 295) . Type:—British Guiana [ GUYANA]. 1837, R.H. Schomburgk 326 (lectotype designated by Wurdack 1993: K! [K000261627]; isolectotypes: BR! [BR0000008930910], E! [E00502353], G! [G00318913], NY! [NY00221608], P! [P00708750, P00708751, P00708752], TCD! [TCD0005166]).

= Comolia purpurea Miquel (1845: 617) . Type :—[ SURINAME]. in savana arenosa ad pl. L’Inquiétude, Sep 1944, H.C. Focke 1026 (holotype: U! [ U 0003999 ]) .

= Comolia hirtella Naudin (1850a: 26) . Type :— British Guiana [ GUYANA]. Pirara, 1841–2, M.R. Schomburgk 390 (lectotype designated by Wurdack 1993: P! [ P00136391 ]; isolectotype: K! p.p. on the left of sheet [ K000261630 ]) .

= Comolia lythrarioides Naudin (1850a: 27) . Type:— SURINAME. in savannis distr. Para, Feb–Apr 1844, A. Kappler 1420 (lectotype, firststep designated by Wurdack 1993, second-step designated here: P! [P00482349]; isolectotypes: negative of B at F! [F0 BN016840 ], MO! [MO-313708], NY! [NY00221602], P! [P00482350, P00482351], S! [S09-13070]).

= Comolia surinamensis Miquel (1851: 55) . Type:— SURINAME. 1843, F.W.R. Hostmann 508 (lectotype designated by Wurdack 1993: U! [U 0003998]; isolectotypes: BM! [BM000889610], K! [K000530818], NY! [NY00221607], P! [P00482344], TCD! [TCD0005169]).

= Comolia lythrarioides Naudin var. β. major Cogniaux (1885: 423). Type:— SURINAME. in udis arenosis prope Paramaribo, Wullschlägel 174 (lectotype, designated here: BR! [ BR0000008930668 ]; isolectotypes: BR! [ BR0000008930644 ], NY! [ NY00221603 ]).

= Comolia neglecta Cogniaux (1885: 423) . Type:—British Guiana [ GUYANA]. Pirara, 1841–2, Schomburgk 307B/392 (lectotype designated by Wurdack 1993: K! [K000261628]; isolectotypes: G! [G00353654], P! [P05287620]).

= Comolia villosa (Aubl.) Triana var. β. glabrior Cogniaux (1885: 427). Type :—[ VENEZUELA]. in saxis humidis prope Maypurés ad flumen Orinoco, Jun 1854, Spruce 3743 (lectotype, designated here: BR! [ BR0000008930903 ]; isolectotypes: BM! [ BM000778249 ], K! [ K000530805 ], TDC! [ TCD0005167 ]).

= Comolia affinis Hoehne (1922: 91 , tab. 13, fig. 1). Type:—[ BRAZIL]. Maranhão, Ilha de Mangunça , Jun 1914, A. Lisbôa 6 (lectotype, designated here: RB! [ RB00541375 ]; isolectotypes: B! [ B 10 0465931], CEN! [ CEN00078534 ], F! [ V0093453 F, V0383840 F], G! [ G00425011 ], INPA! [ INPA 246852 ], K! [ K001089092 ], MG! [MG203148], NY! [ NY00221595 , NY00221596 , NY01477591 ], R! [ R000212540 ], RB! [ RB00662300 , RB00662404 ], SP! [SP002917], US! [ US 00120137]).

= Comolia kuhlmannii Hoehne (1922: 92 , tab. 13, fig. 2). Type:— BRAZIL.Amazonas [Roraima], Rio Branco, Serra Grande, Jul 1913, J.G. Kuhlmann 498 (lectotype, first-step designated by Wurdack 1993, second-step designated here: RB! [RB00541378]; isolectotypes: NY! [NY00221601], RB! [RB00556672]).

= Comolia angustifolia Gleason (1932: 151) . Type :— British Guiana [ GUYANA]. Potaro River, Kaieteur Savannah, Sep–Oct 1881, G.S. Jenman 1236 (holotype: K! [ K000530817 ]) .

= Hostmannia lythrarioides Steud. , nom. nud., mss.

Notes:— Rhexia villosa has as its original material Aublet s.n. at BM and LINN ( Howard 1983), but no duplicate was indicated as the type (Aublet 1775). Comolia veronicaefolia was described from R.H. Schomburgk 326 and also without a duplicate indicated as the type ( Bentham 1840). However, Wurdack (1993) indicated the specimen at BM (BM000889608) as the holotype of C. villosa and the specimen at K (K000261627) as the holotype for C. veronicaefolia , which are inadvertent lectotypifications in both cases (see Article 7.11 of the ICN).

The original materials of Comolia hirtella and C. lythrarioides are M.R. Schomburgk 390 (housed at K and P) and A. Kappler 1420 (at MO, NY, P and S, and a negative of B at F), respectively. The two names were established by Naudin (1850a) without the indication of their types. However, Wurdack (1993) indicated the duplicates of the original materials at P as the holotype of each name. For C. hirtella the indication made by Wurdack (1993) is an inadvertent lectotypification (see Article 7.11 of the ICN). According to Articles 9.10 and 9.17 of the ICN, the indication of a specimen at P ( Figure 6A ) as the holotype made by Wurdack (1993) for C. lythrarioides is a first-step lectotypification and herein we carried out the second-step lectotypification. In some duplicates (e.g., P00482349 [ Figure 6B ], P00482350, P00482351, MO-313708, NY00221602, and S09-13070) of the original material of C. lythrarioides there is the nomen nudum “ Hostmannia lythrarioides Steud. ”.

Comolia surinamensis presents duplicates of the original material in six different herbaria and did not have one of these duplicates indicated as a type ( Miquel 1851). Wurdack (1993) considered the specimen at U (U 0003998) as the holotype, which is an inadvertent lectotypification (see Article 7.11 of the ICN).

When describing Comolia lythrarioides var. major, Cogniaux (1885) indicated Wullschlägel 174 as the material he analyzed. Three duplicates of this collection were found, two at BR and one at NY. Herein, one of the duplicates at BR (BR0000008930668) is designated as the lectotype because it is a well-preserved duplicate, according to Article 9.11 of the ICN. Another variety described by Cogniaux (1885), C. villosa var. glabrior , based on Spruce 3743, also needs to be typified, since this collection has duplicates deposited at BM (BM000778249), BR (BR0000008930903), K (K000530805), and TDC (TCD0005167). Thus, following Article 9.11 of the ICN, the duplicate at BR is designated as the lectotype.Also in Flora brasiliensis, Cogniaux (1885) described C. neglecta based on Schomburgk 307B/392 (at K, G, and P). However, Wurdack (1993) considered the material deposited at K (K000261628) as the holotype, which is an inadvertent lectotypification (see Article 7.11 of the ICN).

Hoehne (1922) described two species of Comolia : C. affinis and C. kuhlmannii , based on A. Lisbôa 6 and J.G. Kuhlmann 498, respectively. For both names, Hoehne (1922) indicated in the protologue that the type would be housed at RB. During the search for the original material of C. affinis , three duplicates were found at RB (RB00541375, RB00662300, and RB00662404); while for C. kuhlmannii , two duplicates were housed at RB (RB00541378 and RB00556672). Thus, a lectotype must be chosen for each name (see Article 9.3 of the ICN). Thus, according to Article 9.11 of the ICN, we designated the lectotype to C. affinis . According to Articles 9.10 and 9.17 of the ICN, the indication made by Wurdack (1993) for C. kuhlmannii is a first-step lectotypification and herein we carried out the second-step lectotypification.

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FIGURE 6. Photograph of the lectotype of Comolia lythrarioides Naudin at P. A. Lectotype. B. Detail of the label with the nomen nudum “Hostmannia lythrarioides” coined by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783–1856). Source: ©Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, P00482349.Available in: http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00482349.