Triplaris setosa Rusby (1927: 237) var. setosa

Koenemann, Daniel Mark & Burke, Janelle M., 2025, A nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Triplaris (Polygonaceae), Phytotaxa 700 (2), pp. 115-146 : 135

Triplaris setosa Rusby (1927: 237) var. setosa

Type (designated by Brandbyge 1986):— BOLIVIA. La Paz Department, Covendo, above Covendo, 2000 feet, 20 August 1921 (fr), O. E. White 910 (lectotype: NY [ NY 324248 , digital image!]; isolectotype: GH [ GH 36850 , digital image!]) .

Notes:— The field label, affixed to the NY specimen, indicates that the collection was made at the junction of the Santa Elena and Cochabamba Rivers. It is unclear if Santa Elena is another river or a place. If the Santa Elena referred to here is a river, the type locality given in the protologue and on the specimen labels (Covendo) is in a different department than the Santa Elena River. Covendo was a Franciscan mission 18 miles up the Cochabamba River from Huachi (a small hacienda), and Huachi was just below the junction of the Bopi and Cochabamba rivers, which form the Beni River (pers. comm. L. Dorr). It is possible that Santa Elena is another name used for the Rio Bopi. Due to this ambiguity, we have left the type locality as it appears in the protologue.

The field label affixed to the NY specimen also contains a discrepancy for the collection date. The field label indicates collection on 26August 1921. But the labels on both of the type specimens cited here, as well as the protologue, place the collection date on 20 August 1921.