Triplaris vahliana Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex C.A.Mey. (1840: 148)

Koenemann, Daniel Mark & Burke, Janelle M., 2025, A nomenclatural synopsis of the genus Triplaris (Polygonaceae), Phytotaxa 700 (2), pp. 115-146 : 138

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.700.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16727455
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scientific name	Triplaris vahliana Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex C.A.Mey. (1840: 148)
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Triplaris vahliana Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex C.A.Mey. (1840: 148) View in CoL

Type (designated by Brandbyge 1986): —[ FRENCH GUIANA]. Cayenne (fr), Rohr s.n. (lectotype: C [ C 10017412, digital image!]).

Notes:— Meyer (1849: 148) described this species reporting as a synonym “ T. americana Vahl. Symb. II p. 100! (excl. Sun. Aubl.)”. Thus, he considered Vahl’s (1791) name as a pro parte synonym. The protologue cites the specimen “ap. Rohr. Hab. in America meridionali. (Vid. sp. sp. sicc. a cel. Rohr in Cayenna lect.)”. The “Cayenna” referred to here is probably a Latinization of “Cayenne”, referencing the capital of French Guiana or the Cayenne River, in the delta of which the city of Cayenne is built. Brandbyge (1986) found a Rohr specimen at C ( C 10017412) correctly designating it as the lectotype.

Meyer (1840: 148) considered Triplaris vahliana to be synonymous with Triplaris americana R.H.Schomb.