Cynometra megalocephala (Harms) Rados., 2019

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9. Cynometra megalocephala (Harms) Rados. comb. nov.

Basionym.

Maniltoa megalocephala Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55 (1): 52. 1917. Type. NORDÖSTLICH NEU-GUINEA [PAPUA NEW GUINEA]. Sepik area, 1912-1913, C. L. Ledermann 7857, 7895, 10616 (syntypes: B, destroyed). PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Sepik area, Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55 (1): 53, tab. 2. 1917. (lectotype, here designated)

Notes.

All three syntypes cited in Harms’ original description were destroyed and no isotypes have been located. Therefore plate 2 (tab. 2) from Harms 1917 is designated as the lectotype ( Figure 2 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Illustration of Maniltoa megalocephala Harms, reproduced from protologue and designated here as the lectotype.