Artabotrys suaveolens (Blume) Blume

Chen, J. & Baldini, R. M., 2020, Flora of Singapore precursors, 19: Nomenclatural notes on Artabotrys (Annonaceae) and Magnolia (Magnoliaceae), Blumea 65 (3), pp. 179-187 : 182

Artabotrys suaveolens (Blume) Blume — Fig. 3

Artabotrys suaveolens (Blume) Blume (1830) 62, t. 30, 31D. — Unona suaveolens Blume (1825) 17. — Lectotype (designated here): Blume 885 (lecto L0180644), [ Indonesia,] Java, Gunung Seribu.

Note — The protologue of Unona suaveolens does not mention types but states “ in sylvis montium Salak, Seribu etc. ” (i.e., in the forest of Mount Salak, Mount Seribu, etc.). Turner (2009, 2011, 2012, 2018) merely repeated the localities in the type statement without citing any specimen. Turner (2009, 2018) also added that the type specimen has not been seen or traced. At L, where Blume’s types are largely kept, there is a specimen bearing Blume’s annotations: ‘ Unona suaveolens Bl. ’, ‘G. Seribu’ and ‘885’. This specimen, Blume 885 ( Fig. 3 ), has several intact flowers and matches Blume’s description; therefore, it is here selected as lectotype. It cannot be regarded as a holotype, because Blume could have used additional specimens collected from Mount Salak and Gunung Seribu as well as duplicates of Blume 885 for his description, although our attempts to trace these specimens were in vain. For a full list of synonyms applicable outside of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia, see Turner (2018).

Figures

Fig. 3 Lectotype of Unona suaveolens Blume (= Artabotrys suaveolens (Blume) Blume), Blume 885 (L0180644).