Astrocaryum burity Barbosa Rodrigues (1903b: 73)

Lima, Gustavo Pereira, Amorim, Gabriela & Jr, Eduardo Bezerra De Almeida, 2024, An overview of Astrocaryum (Bactridinae, Arecaceae) types from Brazil described by João Barbosa Rodrigues, Phytotaxa 675 (3), pp. 191-216 : 213

19. Astrocaryum burity Barbosa Rodrigues (1903b: 73) .

Type:—not designated and no specimens cited. Lectotype [designated by Glassman (1972: 15) as “type”, here corrected]: Illustration in Barbosa Rodrigues (1903b: Tab. 71B) .

Notes:—The taxonomic identity of this species is still uncertain; it falls into the category of names not yet attributed to a known taxon ( POWO 2024, Tropicos 2024, Vianna 2024). The protologue of A. burity ( Barbosa Rodrigues 1903b) consists of a brief diagnostic description but does not indicate the type specimen. However, Barbosa Rodrigues included an original illustration ( Fig. 9 ) in the protologue, which Glassman (1972) designated as the “type” due to the absence of other original material. To adhere to the International Code of Nomenclature ( Turland et al. 2018), we propose upholding Glassman’s designation as the lectotype for this species.

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FIGURE 9. Neotype of Astrocaryum manaoense (Section A). Lectotype of Astrocaryum burity (Section B). [Barbosa Rodrigues 1903b: Tab. 71].