Comolia amazonica Cogniaux (1885: 422

Silva, Diego Nunes Da, Rocha, Maria José Reis Da, Maia, Vítor Hugo, Guimarães, Elsie Franklin & Guimarães, Paulo José Fernandes, 2021, Checklist, typifications, and nomenclatural notes on Comolia (Melastomataceae, Marcetieae), Phytotaxa 497 (3), pp. 247-262 : 248

1. Comolia amazonica Cogniaux (1885: 422 , tab. 96, fig. 1). Type :—[ BRAZIL]. Pará , insula Colares, May 1832, E.F. Poeppig 2996 (lectotype, designated here: BR! p.p. on the right of sheet [ BR0000008931016 ]; isolectotypes: B [not found], BR! [ BR0000008931023 ], G! [ G00353561 ], LE!, NY! [ NY00221597 ], W! [ W 0001193 , W 0001194 ]).

= Comolia poeppigiana O.Berg. , nom. nud., mss.

Notes:— Comolia amazonica was considered a synonym for Comolia villosa (Aubl.) Triana by Seco (2006), but not by Rocha et al. (2018). When describing this species, Cogniaux (1885) indicated E. F. Poeppig 2996 as examined and reported that there are duplicates deposited at “ Vindob., Boiss., Brux., Berol., Acad. Petrop. ” herbaria, which are currently recognized by the acronyms: W, G, BR, B, and LE, respectively. According to Article 9.11 of the ICN, the duplicate deposited at BR ( BR 0000008931016, Figure 1A ) is designated as the lectotype.At BR, the specimen is mixed with a specimen of Comolia purpurea Miquel (1845: 617) , in addition to the draft description developed by Cogniaux (1885) for Flora brasiliensis ( Figure 1B ). The duplicate at “ Berol. ” ( B), as mentioned in the protologue ( Cogniaux 1885), was not found during the search. Furthermore, the nomen nudum “ Comolia poeppigiana O.Berg. ” was found on labels from materials deposited at BR ( BR 0000008931016, Figure 1A ) and W ( W 0001193 and W 0001194).

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FIGURE 1. Photographs of the original material of Comolia amazonica Cogn. at BR. A. Sheet with the lectotype (inside the white rectangles). B. Draft description prepared by Cogniaux. Source: ©National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, BR0000008931016. Available in: http://www.botanicalcollections.be/specimen/BR0000008931016.