Gomphrena officinalis Martius (1823: 280)

Bena, Maria Julia, 2017, Typification and nomenclatural notes on twenty-seven names of Gomphrena L. (Amaranthaceae) linked to the South American flora, Phytotaxa 296 (2), pp. 131-146 : 139

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scientific name	Gomphrena officinalis Martius (1823: 280)
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Martius (1823: 279) started his work stating: “Folgende Pflanzen sind ihres Gebrauches wegen in der Capitanie von S. Paul allgemein bekannt” (= “The following plants, due to their use, are generally known in the captaincy of S. Paul”). After this sentence, the author listed several vernacular plant names and provided a short description for each one. The species, which was numbered with 7, was named as “Paratudo”, and corresponded to Gomphrena officinalis . A diagnosis, followed by the mention to a synonym (“ Bragantia Vandelli . p. 50 ed. Roem.) was given.

Three years later, Martius (1826a: 2) published a more detailed description of Gomphrena officinalis , also adding the habitat (“ Crescit in campis montanis super montium tractum, qui Serra da Mantiqueira dicitur, passim in Provincia Minas Geraes, prope Cambuí, Estiva, Mandú, S. Gonçalo atque in similibus locis Provinciae, quae a S. Paulo nomen habet, septentrionalibus, e.g. prope Taubate, S. Joze, Sorocaba. ..”). Martius’ collections, which refer to his trip to Brazil during the period 1817–1820, are deposited at M. I found three specimens at M (codes 0241695, 0241696, and 0241697). However, only one of them (M-0241696) bears the script “Dr. Martius iter Brasil ”. I designate here this specimen as the lectotype of the name Gomphrena officinalis .

According to Holzhammer (1956: 179), Gomphrena officinalis is a synonym of Gomphrena arborescens .

Additional material seen:— BRAZIL. Martius 910 (M-0241698!, BM-000993133!, GH-00037080!).

Gomphrena officinalis Martius (1823: 280) View in CoL

Type (lectotype here designated):— BRAZIL. “Habitat in campis interioris.Provinciae S. Pauli, e.g. prope Parangangaba,Taubate”. Martius s.n. (M-0241696!, image of the lectotype available at http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.m0241696; isolectotypes M-0241695!, M-0241697!, images of the isolectotypes available at http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.m0241695, http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.m0241697.

= Gomphrena arborescens Linn. f. [for lectotypification, see above under Gomphrena arborescens ].