Erythrina ulei Harms, in Ule, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 48: 172. 1907.

Guedes-Oliveira, Ramon, Fortuna-Perez, Ana Paula, Pederneiras, Leandro Cardoso & Mansano, Vidal de Freitas, 2023, Erythrina L. (Phaseoleae, Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) of Brazil: an updated nomenclatural treatment with notes on etymology and vernacular names, PhytoKeys 232, pp. 1-43 : 1

9. Erythrina ulei Harms, in Ule, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 48: 172. 1907.

Fig. 9

Type material.

Peru. Loreto: Yurimaguas, August 1902, Ule 6300 (lectotype, designated here: K [K000502764]; isolectotypes: B [presumably destroyed], HBG [HBG519848], L [L0018978], NY [NY00008009, frag., bottom envelope; NY00521212, frag. slide, left envelope], RB [RB00540258!, mixture! fls. in packet are of E. mulungu Mart. ex Benth.]). Remaining syntype: Peru. Puno: "Provinz Sandia, Chunchusmayo, in der Nähe des Flusses", 900 m, July 1902, Weberbauer 1249).

Notes.

Ule (1907) published a complete description of a species named by Harms mentioning two different collections in Peru (Ule 6300 and Weberbauer 1249), but without citing any herbaria. Krukoff (1938) correctly designated the collection from Ule in herbarium B as the lectotype, but it was presumably destroyed in the bombing raid in 1943 ( Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin 2022). Therefore, here we select one of the remaining available specimens in herbarium K as the new lectotype (Fig. 9 ). The remaining syntype collection could not be found online. Additional material: F (neg. 2376, photo of B), IAN (IAN001760, photo of F neg. 2376), MG (MG006169, photo n.v.), MO (MO-1680466, photo n.v.; MO-1680467, photo n.v.).

Etymology.

The specific epithet " Erythrina ulei " was a homage to Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854-1915), a German botanist who collected one of the syntype specimens attributed to the species.

Vernacular names.

According to herbarium records, E. ulei is generally known as “mulungu” in Brazil, and also as “mandiocão” in the state of Mato Grosso.

Figures

Figure 9. Lectotype of Erythrina ulei Harms, in Ule (1907: 172), designated here. Source: Kew Herbarium - Royal Botanic Gardens (K) via Kew Herbarium Catalogue, K 000502764.