Boehmeria splitgerbera Koidz.

Wilmot-Dear, C. M., Friis, I. & Govaerts, R. H. A., 2014, Nomenclatural corrections to the taxonomic revision of The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae) by Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013), Blumea 59 (2), pp. 95-97 : 96-97

29. Boehmeria splitgerbera Koidz. — Fig. 36a–f; Map 38

Boehmeria splitgerbera Koidz. (1926) 345. — Urtica biloba Miq. (1840) 133, nom inval. (not accepted by author). — Splitgerbera japonica Miq. (1840) 134, t. 14, f. A–K, non B. japonica (L.f.) Miq. (1867). — Boehmeria biloba Wedd. ([March] 1854) 199, nom. illeg., based on Splitgerbera japonica Miq. (1840: 134, t. 14), erroneously cited as ‘ Splitgerbera biloba Miq., Coment. Bot , 134, t. 14’. – See Note 1 [Note 1 on p. 195 of Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013) has to be modified, see below]; Boehmeria biloba Miq. in Zoll. ([later than March] 1854) 100, isonym of B. biloba Wedd. — Boehmeria bifida Blume (1857) 222, nom. illeg., based on Splitgerbera japonica Miq. — Type: Not clearly indicated in Miquel (1840: 133), where the new species is illustrated by t. 14, f. A–K, and it is stated that description and illustration were made from a Japanese plant lately introduced and cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Rotterdam (where Miquel was director) and other Dutch (‘Batavis’) gardens.A specimen at L is labelled by Miquel ‘ Urtica biloba – h. Roterod. 1 Aug. 1834 ’, and identified as B. splitgerbera by Wilmot-Dear & Friis on a det.-slip on L (sheet no. 908.190.938). This must be considered part of the original material of Splitgerbera japonica Miq. The introduction surely was made by Von Siebold, the only source for the introduction of Japanese plants worldwide before c. 1855, e.g. to The Netherlands, but also to Cipanas, Indonesia (see below). In Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013) 195 the type is erroneously stated to be ‘Unknown collector, cultivated in Indonesia, originally from Japan’, which is based on a later statement in Miquel (1854: 100): ‘H. 3119. ... E japonica,in horto Tjpannas [sic] culta’, meaning ‘From Japan, cultivated in the garden near Cipanas’. This is a village (formerly ‘Tjipanas’, ‘hot river’) in W Java between Bogor and Bandung where there used to be an acclimatisation garden in the early 19th century. The specimen cited in Miquel (1854) is Zollinger 3119, represented by numerous duplicates in many herbaria,but as appears from Miquel (1840) this collection cannot be the type of Splitgerbera japonica Miq.Instead ,and in agreement with Art.9.2 of the Melbourne Code ( McNeill et al. 2012), we here designate the Miquel specimen from the Botanical Garden in Rotterdam as lectotype of Splitgerbera japonica Miq. : Miquel s.n. (lecto, here designated L, sheet no. 908.190.938), marked “ Urtica biloba – h. Roterod. 1 Aug. 1834 ”.

Note 1 in Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013) 195 has to be modified as this: Boehmeria biloba Wedd. ([March] 1854) 199), nom. illeg., was based on Splitgerbera japonica Miq. (1840) 134, t. 14, the epithet of which according to Art. 52 of the Melbourne Code ( McNeill et al. 2012) should have been adopted. Weddell’s reference to Splitgerbera japonica Miq. is indirect, as Weddell erroneously, but unambiguously, referred to Splitgerbera japonica Miq. as the basionym of S. biloba Miq. , with full reference to page and illustration, but citing a wrong name for the only species in the new genus Splitgerbera . Also B. bifida Blume is illegitimate.

In Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013) 195 it is stated that Weddel (1854) was first published as an independent preprint. This is incor- rect; Stafleu & Cowan (1988) 139 state that the independently paginated copies of Weddell (1854) are reprints and the journal should be cited as the place of publication.

ADDITIONAL INDICATIONS OF TYPES FOR EXCLUDED NAMES

Types have been traced or references to search for lost types found for a number of the excluded names listed by Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013) 206, especially through Lauener & Ferguson (1982) and Lauener (1983), which was overlooked by us.

Boehmeria amaranthus H.Lév. (1913) 550 = Acroglochin persicarioides Moq. ( Amaranthaceae ), according to an identification of the type Leon Martin & Emile M. Bodinier s.n. (holo E, barcode E00317870), China, environs de Gan-pin, 29.8.1897, identification by Handel-Mazzetti, dated 7.1.1927. See also Lauener & Ferguson (1982) 193, where the specimen is referred to as a holotype, and Lauener (1983) 486.

Boehmeria bodinieri H.Lév. (1913) 550 = Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd. (1856) , according to type Emile M. Bodinier 1748 (holo E, no barcode or digital image seen), China, Kweichow, mont du Collège, à l’entrée de la grotte de Kema tong, 9.8.1897. See also Lauener (1983) 500, who refers to the type collection as a holotype.

Boehmeria cavaleriei H.Lév.(1913) 550 = Pilea trinervia (Roxb.) Wight ( Urticaceae ), according to the two syntypes: Pierre Julien Cavalerie 310 & 625 (syn E, mounted on same sheet, barcode E00240961), China, Pinfa, grande grotte, 25.8.1902, identified by Handel-Mazzetti, 7.1.1928, and Pierre Julien Cavalerie in Herb. Bodinier 2589 (syn E, barcode E00240960), China, Kweichow, district de Tou-chan à Yang-Kia-tchong, fleurs vertes, 19.9.1898, identified by Handel-Mazzetti, 7.1.1928. See also Lauener (1983) 502, where no lectotypification is made.

Boehmeria esquirolii H.Lév. & Blin. in Léveillé (1912) 372 = Maoutia puya (Hook.) Wedd. According to the type: J. Esquirol s.n. (holo E, barcode E00275361), China, Ouang- Mou, 6.1904, identified by Handel-Mazzetti, 7.1.1928. See also Lauener (1983) 500, who states that Esquirol s.n. is the holotype.

Boehmeria martini H.Lév. (1913) 551 = Pilea martini (H.Lév.) Hand.-Mazz. According to the type: Leon Martin & Emile M. Bodinier 1902 (holo E, barcode E00275382), China, environs de Gan-pin, plante rare, au fond d’une excavation profonde en forme de grotte, 20.9.1897, identification by Handel-Mazzetti, dated 7.1.1928. See also Lauener (1983) 501, who states that Martin & Emile M.Bodinier 1902 is a holotype.

Boehmeria vanioiti H.Lév. (1913) 551 = Pilea notata C.H. Wright. According to the three syntypes: Leon Martin & Emile M. Bodinier 1655 (syn E, barcode E00275374), China environs de Gan-pin, abonde dans les ruisseaux à l’intérieur de la ville, 5.7.1897; Pierre Julien Cavalerie 279 (syn E, barcode E00275373), China, Pin-Fa, Sud-ouest, entrée de grotte, 21.8.1902, and Emile M. Bodinier 1697 (syn E, barcode E00275375), China, Mont. du Collège, rocailles à Ke-ma-tong, 21.7.1897. See also Lauener (1983) 502, who does not make a lectotypification.