Cyphia stheno Webb

Figueiredo, Estrela & Smith, Gideon F., 2021, Joaquim José da Silva (c. 1755 - 1810): his life, natural history collecting activities, and involvement in the so-called first scientific expedition in the interior of Angola, Candollea 76 (1), pp. 125-138 : 131

Cyphia stheno Webb

(Campanulaceae) that was described as a species from Cape Verde based on a specimen at P [ P00088662 ] ( Fig. 3 ),

is in fact a species from Angola and it is not known from Cape Verde. The type of C. stheno was wrongly labelled as from “Cap-vert. Herbier rapporté du Portugal en 1808 par M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire ”. This is most certainly a Silva collection.

Figures

Fig. 3.– Holotype of Cyphia stheno Webb at P.