Luehea candicans Martius (1826: 102)

Gerace, Samuele, Bovini, Massimo G., Peruzzi, Lorenzo & Baumgratz, José Fernando A., 2022, Typification of names in the neotropical genus Luehea (Malvaceae: Grewioideae), Phytotaxa 542 (2), pp. 180-188 : 181

Luehea candicans Martius (1826: 102) .

Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Monte Santo, “ Habitat in sylvis Catingas dictis prope Montem Sanctum ”, Martius s.n. (holotype M! [M0210187]; F! negative number 19699) .

This original specimen mentioned in the protologue was collected in Bahia, and it is preserved in Herbarium M, which is cited by Martius as the place where his collections are located ( Martius 1826, Stafleu & Cowan 1976 –1988: 325). In the absence of duplicates, we confirm Martius s.n. (M0210187) as the holotype of L. candicans (Arts. 9.1 and 9.2 of the ICN), as also recognized by Cunha (1985). Schumann (1886: 154) considered L. candicans as a synonym for L. uniflora . However, Burret (1926: 826) recognized the priority of the name L. candicans over L. uniflora , as the former was correctly published in 1826 ( Martius 1826: 102), while the latter was published two years later ( Saint-Hilaire 1828: 291). Based on holotype study, the application of the name L. candicans is fully confirmed herein as an accepted species, as accepted by Cunha (1985).