36. Jatropha hernandiifolia Vent., Jard. Malmaison 1: sub tab. 52. 1804.

Lectotypus (designated here): U NITED STATES. Puerto Rico: sine loc., Riedlé s.n. (P [P04829499]!; isolecto-: P-JU n° 16506 [P00678913]!) .

Notes. – Dehgan (2012: 145) cited a Poiteau s.n. collection as type collected in Santo Domingo [P04829428]. Ventenat in Jardin de Malmaison (1804: sub tab. 52) clearly stated that he has obtained this taxon from Riedlé in Puerto Rico while travelling on the Belle-Angélique to the West Indies and Porto Rico with his friend Baudin (see introduction).

No collection of Jatropha hernandiifolia exists at G but two collections have been found in P. On the collection Riedlé s.n. [P04829499] “graines n° 131” has been written and this collection does represent the collection form which Ventenat obtained seeds. It is here designated as the lectotype. A Herb. Baudin collection in P-JU is considered as isolectotype because it also represents material gathered by Riedlé (see above).