Pseudalbizzia adinocephala (Donn. Sm.) E.J.M. Koenen & Duno, 2022

Aviles Peraza, Gabriela, Koenen, Erik J. M., Riina, Ricarda, Hughes, Colin E., Ringelberg, Jens J., Carnevali Fernandez-Concha, German, Ramirez Morillo, Ivon Mercedes, Can Itza, Lilia Lorena, Tamayo-Cen, Ivan, Ramirez Prado, Jorge Humberto, Cornejo, Xavier, Mattapha, Sawai & Duno de Stefano, Rodrigo, 2022, Re-establishment of the genus Pseudalbizzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade): the New World species formerly placed in Albizia, PhytoKeys 205, pp. 371-400 : 371

Pseudalbizzia adinocephala (Donn. Sm.) E.J.M. Koenen & Duno comb. nov.

Albizia xerophytica J. Linares, syn. nov., Revista Mex. Biodiversidad 76: 7. 2005. Type: Honduras. El Paraíso, Municipio Morocelí, orillas de Quebrada Grande c. 3.9 km al NE de Morocelí por el camino hacia El Plan. 2002. J.L. Linares et al. 5674 (holotype: MEXU! [MEXU01160777]; isotype: EAP).

Basionym.

Pithecellobium adinocephalum Donn. Sm., Bot. Gaz. Crawfordsville. 57: 419. 1914.

Type.

Costa Rica. San José, Ad fundum La Verbena prope Alajuelita , 100 m, Aug 1894, A. Tonduz 8932 (US-3); Dec 1894 (lectotype: A. Tonduz 9077 [US-212774]!; isolectotypes: BR-3! [BR0000005189519, BR0000005189182, BR0000005189847], G! [G00364416], designated by Barneby and Grimes, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74(1): 218. 1996) .

Notes.

Albizia xerophytica was described from material from dry forest habitats in southern Honduras based on minor differences in leaf and fruit morphology, but we do not consider these to be significantly different from the range of variation that is observed in P. adinocephala and prefer the broader concept of the species as described in Barneby and Grimes (1996: 218-220). The difference in habitat (i.e., lower rainfall regions) also appears to be minor, as some specimens from wetter sites have been identified as A. xerophytica (see map in Rico Arce et al. 2008) while specimens of P. adinocephala have been collected across the full range of drier and wetter sites. Finally, the distribution of A. xerophytica is entirely enclosed by the much wider range of P. adinocephala .