Heliotropium macrostachyum (Rusby) J.I.M.Melo, 2022

Melo, José Iranildo Miranda De, 2022, New combinations and names in Heliotropium (Heliotropiaceae) from South America, including a new occurrence for the flora of Ecuador, Phytotaxa 568 (1), pp. 92-98 : 94

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.1.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7184334
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA76990B-E67B-FFBB-FF6B-59A4833DFAD6
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scientific name	Heliotropium macrostachyum (Rusby) J.I.M.Melo
status	comb. nov.

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Heliotropium macrostachyum (Rusby) J.I.M.Melo View in CoL , comb. nov.

Basionym: Tournefortia macrostachya Rusby, Descr. S. Amer. Pl. View in CoL 106. 1920.

Type:— COLOMBIA. Sierra del Libano , 6000 ft., 21 January 1899, H. H. Smith 1865 (lectotype: NY00337245 , image!, designated here; isolectotypes: BM000953077 , image!; CM1832 , image!; F0052590 F, image!; G00236236 , image!; GH00096931 , image!; K000583518 , image!; MICH1111536 About MICH , image!; PH 00027649, image!; NY00337246 , image!; US 00110807, image!).

Distribution.— Colombia, Venezuela.

Notes.— In the protologue of Tournefortia macrostachya, Rusby (1920: 106) mentions the collection H.H. Smith 1865, obtained in Colombia, but does not mention in which herbarium the aforementioned collection is deposited. Whereas the specimen with barcode NY00337245 housed in the NY herbarium, where Rusby worked for a long time, is the most complete with handwriting in the label stating that it is the type. For this reason, the material NY00337245 is designated here as the lectotype.