Nomenclatural notes and morphological observations on Malva subovata s. l. (Malvaceae) Iamonico, Duilio Phytotaxa 2016 2016-09-16 275 1 23 34 3SNGG Cav. Cav. Tenerife Legit Broussonet Det. Cavanilles 1788 [136,404,1408,1435] Magnoliopsida Malvaceae Lavatera GBIF Plantae Malvales 1 24 Tracheophyta species africana  In the Cavanilles Herbarium at MA there is one sheet (no. 475893-1-1, image available at http://herbario.rjb.csic. es/zoom3.php?filename= Lavatera_africana_475893) that bears two parts of plants and four labels. On the basis of the annotations, it is clear that they were added in progressive phases:the first label reports“  Lavatera.Tenerife.”,so showing doubts in the identification at species level; the second label includes the new name “  Lavatera africanaBroussonet.”; the third label is a determination by Cavanilles (“  Lavatera africana Cav. Tenerife Legit Broussonet Det. Cavanilles”); the fourth label is a revision by R. Fernandes [“  Lavatera maritimaGouan(=  L. africanaCav.=  L. maritimasubsp. bicolorRouy )Coimbra— V—1964”]. Fernandes (1968a)proposed this specimen as the lectotypeof the Cavanilles name  L. africana. He widely discussed the locality of the collection (Tenerife really referring to Mogador) proving that the specimen preserved at MA is linked to Cavanilles (1801: 73)who reported “El señor Broussonet la cogió no lejos de Mogador” (= “Mr. Broussonet collected it not far from Mogador”). I agree with Fernandes (1968a). However, Cavanilles (1788: 282)has not cited the Broussonet collection in the protologue, so I have doubts in considering this specimen as part of the original material, and I prefer to avoid the use of the Broussonet’s specimen for lectotypification purposes. As a consequence, Cavanilles’ illustration, which appears to be the only extant original material for the name  L. africana, is here designated as the lectotypeof this name. The name by Cavanilles (1788)is illegitimate under the Art. 53.2 of ICN, being a later homonym of  L. africana Miller (1768: Lavateran.2). Miller’s name is widely discussed, and will be lectotypified in an ongoing work on  Lavaterasect. Lavatera(Iamonico in prep.).