Astelia samoense (Skottsb.) Birch, 2015

Birch, Joanne L., 2015, A revision of infrageneric classification in Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R. Br. (Asteliaceae), PhytoKeys 52, pp. 105-132 : 114

Astelia samoense (Skottsb.) Birch comb. nov.

Basionym: Collospermum samoense Skottsb., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. ser. 3, 14(2): 75. 1934. Syntypes: SAMOA ISLANDS. Upolo, 7 July, 1905, F. Vaupel n. 356 (staminate); Aug. 1905, K. & L. Rechinger n. 4334 (pistillate).

Astelia montana ex Reinecke, Die Flora der Samoa-Inseln. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol. 25. 595. 1898; based on Astelia montana Seem.

Astelia montana ex Rechinger, Vegetationsbilder, series 6, issue 1. tafel 6. 1908; based on Astelia montana Seem.

Remarks.

Two specimens were identified by Skottsberg (1934) as types in the list of specimens examined. This included a staminate specimen (Vaupel 356 noted by Skottsberg (1934) as accessioned at HBG) and a pistillate specimen (K. and L. Rechinger n. 4334 noted by Skottsberg (1934) as accessioned at W). The pistillate specimen of Rechinger is not extant at W (pers. comm. A. Löckher, Department of Botany at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien). Efforts are underway to locate type material of Astelia samoense held in herbaria globally.

Diacritical signs, which should be suppressed in species names ( International Botanical Congress and JH Wiersema 2015; Article 60.6) have not been transferred from Collospermum samoense .