Triplaris purdiei Meisner (1855: 49

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Triplaris purdiei Meisner (1855: 49 , t. 15, fig. 3)

Type (designated by Brandbyge 1986):— COLOMBIA. Near Santa Martha on the river bank, (fr), Purdie s.n. (lectotype: K [ K 585009 , digital image!]; isolectotypes: G [ G 437661 , digital image!], K [ K 585010 , digital image!]) .

Remaining Syntypes:— BRITISH GUIANA. Barama. October 1843 (fl), Ri.Schomburgk 1522 ( B [ B 10-0250413, B 10-0250414, digital image!], BR [ BR 5288175, digital image!], F [ F V 0067821 F, digital image!], NY [ NY 324245, NY 324247, digital image!]).

Notes:— Brandbyge (1986) designated the Purdie specimen at K ( K 585009) as the lectotype. However, there is a second specimen mentioned in the protologue by Meisner (1855: 49), i.e. Ri.Schomburgk 1522. Brandbyge (1986) considered this to be a specimen of Triplaris weigeltiana . Following the publication of his revision ( Brandbyge 1986), Brandbyge later correctly annotated the specimens of Ri.Schomburgk 1522 as syntypes of T. purdiei .

There is no clear indication of a collection year for Purdie s.n. Both of the specimens at K have “Hooker 1845” written on them, as well as a stamp “Herbarium Benthamianum 1854”. Similarly, the G specimen ( G 437661) has “Mr. Bentham 1849” written on the top.