Gynochthodes myrtifolia (A.Gray) Razafim. & B.Bremer

Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. & Bremer, Birgitta, 2011, Nomenclatural changes and taxonomic notes in the tribe Morindeae (Rubiaceae), Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 283-309 : 292

45. Gynochthodes myrtifolia (A.Gray) Razafim. & B.Bremer , comb. nov.

BASIONYM. — Morinda myrtifolia A.Gray, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 41 (1860); Morinda myrtifolia A.Gray var. myrtifolia (autonym used by J.T.Johanss., Opera Botanica 122: 55 [1994]). — Type: Fiji, U.S. Expl. Exped. 62351 (holo-, US; iso-, K, NY!).

Morinda forsteri Seem. , Flora Vitiensis 129 (1866). — Type: Society Islands , J. R. & G. Forster s.n. (lecto-, designated by Smith & Darwin [1988: 333], K; isolecto-, BM).

Morinda choriophylla Baill. , Adansonia s.n. 12: 246 (1879); Morinda myrtifolia A.Gray var. choriophylla (Baill.) J.T.Johnss., Opera Botanica 122: 57 (1994). — Type: New Caledonia, à l’embouchure de la rivière du Houaïlou, XII.1869, Balansa 1989 (lecto-, designated by Johansson [1994: 57], P!; isolecto-, K, P!).

Morinda glandulosa Merr., Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany 9: 146 (1914); Morinda umbellata L. var. glandulosa Merr., Occasional Papers of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 15: 220 (1940). — Type: Marianas Islands, Tumon Road, XI.1911, Guam Experiment Station 37, J. B. Thompson 376 (lecto-, designated by Johansson (1994: 55), NY!).

Morinda velutina Guillaumin, Archives de Botanique, Mémoires 3, Caen 5: 44 (1930); Morinda myrtifolia A.Gray var. velutina (Guillaumin) J.T.Johanss., Opera Botanica 122: 59 (1994), syn. nov. — Type: New Caledonia, above Ouroué , near the mouth of Dotio, I.1872, Balansa 3421 (lecto-, designated by Johansson (1994: 59), P!; isolecto-, A!, P!).

Morinda forsteri Seem. subsp. guillauminii Däniker, Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 7 8: 465 (1933). — Type: New Caledonia, groves on the Nouméa peninsula, X.1870 - I.1871, Balansa 2992 (holo-, Z; iso-, P!).

Morinda myrtifolia A.Gray var. brevifolia J.T.Johanss., Opera Botanica 122: 55 (1994). — Type: New Caledonia, Négropo , northern plateau of Mont Prokoméo, 700 m alt., 27.I.1972, MacKee 24947 (holo-, P!).

REMARKS

We agree with Johansson (1994) that M. choriophylla , M. glandulosa , and M. forsteri are synonyms of M. myrtifolia and hereby reiterate their synonymies in order to avoid unnecessary combinations in Gynochthodes .