Towards a revision of Pseudobombax Dugand (Malvaceae- Bombacoideae): typification of names published by E. Hassler and R. Chodat in the related genus Bombax L. Author de Carvalho-Sobrinho, Jefferson G. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s / n, Novo Horizonte, 44036 - 900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil jef.sobrinho@gmail.com Author Ramella, Lorenzo Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, case postale 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. Author de Queiroz, Luciano P. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Universitária s / n, Novo Horizonte, 44036 - 900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil Author Dorr, Laurence J. Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20013 - 7012, U. S. A. text Candollea 2014 2014-07-01 69 1 93 99 journal article 3380 10.15553/c2014v691a12 d75cdcea-4b81-4b1f-ada5-69135a4d7b98 2235-3658 5706297 3. Bombax longiflorum f. elegans (R. E. Fr.) Hassl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 68. 1910 . ÷ Bombax elegans R. E. Fr. in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 42(12): 27. 1908 . Lectotypus (in hoc loco designatus): BRAZIL . State of Mato Grosso : “Brasiliae civit. Matto Grosso: Cuyabá. In cerrado”, 4.VII.1903 , Malme, G. O. A. s.n. ( S [ SR11279 ] [image]! [fl]) . Epitypus (in hoc loco designatus): BRAZIL . State of Mato Grosso : “Brasiliae civit. Matto Grosso: Cuyabá”, 4.XII.1902 , Malme, G. O. A. s.n. ( S [ S10-38650 ]! [lf]). Isoepitypus : ( S [ SR11280 ] [image]! [lf]) . Two specimens collected by Malme were used by Fries to describe and illustrate B. elegans ( FRIES, 1908: 27-28 , plate IV) and thus they are syntypes of this name. The collection dated 4.VII.1903 [SR11279] has several, separate floral buds and juvenile flowers, and the collections dated from 4.XII.1902 have mature, seven-foliolate leaves ([SR11280], [S10-38650]). ROBYNS (1963: 59) considered both vegetative and reproductive specimens as type material of B. elegans : “ jul. 1903 , Malme s.n. (f., fl.; holotypus B. elegans S)”, but he failed to designate a lectotype for this name. We designate the flowering specimen as the lectotype for B. elegans based on both Fries’ indication of new species status “ Bombax elegans R. E. Fr. n. sp. ” as well as indication of the habitat (“In cerrados”) on the specimen label that match Fries’ protologue. Since the present lectotype lacks leaves, which represent diagnostic characters for B. elegans RIES, 1908 : 27-28), we designate the specimen [ S10-38650 ] as an epitype to permit a precise application of the name in accordance with Art. 9.8 (ICBN-Melbourne). The lectotype and epitype of B. elegans are also syntypes of B. longiflorum var. emarginatum .