Bouchea spathulata Torrey (1859: 126)

Pablo, Moroni & Nataly, O’Leary, 2017, Typification of names in the genus Bouchea (Duranteae, Verbenaceae), Phytotaxa 306 (3), pp. 211-216 : 214

Bouchea spathulata Torrey (1859: 126)

Type (lectotype, first-step designated by Moldenke 1940b: 127):— UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Texas, Great Cañon of the Rio Grande near Mount Carmel , October 1852, C.C. Parry s.n. (NY!, two sheets; second-step lectotype, designated here NY [00103916!]; isolectotypes ISC No. 306329!, NY [00103917!], US 00118898!).

Protologue citation:—“Great Cañon of the Rio Grande near Mount Carmel; October; Parry.”

Notes:—Although Torrey (1859) did not indicate the herbarium which houses the type collection, it is well-known that his personal herbarium is kept at NY ( Stafleu & Cowan 1986), as has been pointed out by Moldenke (1940b: 126). Moldenke’s statement is here interpreted according to the modern ICN ( McNeill et al. 2012) as a lectotype designation. However, two sheets were found at NY, thus Moldenke’s statement can be considered as a first-step typification. In order to narrow Moldenke’s designation the most complete specimen is here selected as a second-step lectotype (Art. 9.17 of the ICN, McNeill et al. 2012, McNeill 2014). Two isolectotypes were also found, which are currently housed at herbaria ISC and US.