Bouchea agrestis Schauer (1847: 588)

Pablo, Moroni & Nataly, O’Leary, 2017, Typification of names in the genus Bouchea (Duranteae, Verbenaceae), Phytotaxa 306 (3), pp. 211-216 : 212

Bouchea agrestis Schauer (1847: 588)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— BRAZIL. “Habitat in agris ad f. S. Franc. prope Joazeiro, Provinciae Bahiensis”, s.d., C.F.P. von

Martius (Mart. obs. 2329) (M 0111826!; isolectotypes M 0111825!, M 0111824!).

Protologue citation:—“In agris Prov. Bahiensis Brasiliae (Mart! Blanchet! n. 3731 et 3907).”

Notes:— Schauer (1847) described B. agrestis citing three syntypes from Bahia ( Brazil) in the protologue, which he had studied at the herbaria of Martius and de Candolle. The first collection was made by Martius while the other two were made by Blanchet, whose collection numbers are 3731 and 3907. Three duplicates of Martius obs. 2329 are kept in M and among the gatherings of Blanchet, ten duplicates of the collection 3731 were found at herbaria BR, G, K, MO and NY and four duplicates of the collection 3907 were found at herbaria BR, G and NY.

The handwriting of the labels on the sheets was studied following the calligraphy of Schauer in a letter that he had sent to von Schlechtendal in the year 1847. Only one of the three duplicates collected by Martius has a label with calligraphy that matches Schauer’s handwriting, with the identification of B. agrestis . For this reason, we preferred this material over the Blanchet’s collections since it can be affirmed that the author studied the specimen. Thus, it is here selected as lectotype of the name.