Pachira minor (Sims) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 124. 1879.

Carvalho-Sobrinho, Jefferson, Yoshikawa, Vania Nobuko & Dorr, Laurence J., 2021, Notes on Brazilian Pachira (Malvaceae, Bombacoideae) II: Additional typifications and new synonymies, PhytoKeys 186, pp. 53-72 : 53

Pachira minor (Sims) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 124. 1879.

Carolinea minor Sims, Bot. Mag. 34: t. 1412. 1811. Bombax minus (Sims) Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 6: 65. 1933. Rhodognaphalopsis minor (Sims) A. Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 278. 1963. Pochota minor (Sims) Steyerm. & W.D. Stevens, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 397. 1988.

Pachira nitida Kunth, in H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 302. 1822 [1821], Ibid. (folio ed.) 5: 235. 1822 [1821], syn. nov. Rhodognaphalopsis nitida (Kunth) A. Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 282. 1963. Pochota nitida (Kunth) Steyerm. & W.D. Stevens, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 397. 1988. Type: Venezuela. Amazonas, Caño de Pimichin, s.d. (fl), F.W.H.A. von Humboldt & A.J.A. Bonpland 987 (lectotype, as " holotypus," designated by Robyns 1963, p. 284): P barcode 00679764 [= F neg. No. 35354]; isolectotype: P barcode 04694524).

Type.

Lectotype, designated here: Sims (1811, t. 1412). Epitype: Guyana. From the interior woods of Guiana, s.d. (lf, fl), Alex. Anderson s.n. (epitype, designated here: BM barcode 000645662).

Note.

In the protologue of Carolinea minor , Sims (1811) states that he received this plant from "Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, under the name of Bombax Carolinoides, an appellation given it by Dr. Anderson of the Botanic Garden at St. Vincent’s.” Thus, original material that can be considered for a lectotype is either a cultivated specimen (or specimens) from Loddiges nursery in Hackney (now London) or the plate (t. 1412) illustrating Carolinea minor . Robyns (1963, p. 280) stated that the " holotypus " was at BM (" Anderson (321?) (BM)"), but while it is clear that Anderson conveyed seed to Loddiges, Sims’s description was not based on Anderson 's wild-collected herbarium material and such specimens are not original material. Robyn’s " holotypus " cannot therefore be corrected to neotype (see Turland et al. 2018; Art. 9.10).

Robyns (1963, p. 284) effectively designated a lectotype for the name Pachira nitida when he stated that a collection from Caño de Pimichin made by F.W.H.A. von Humboldt and A.J.A. Bonpland was the " holotypus." The handwriting on the label of this specimen (P barcode 00679764) is that of Kunth (see Stauffer et al. 2012) and the fragmentary nature of the flower agrees with statements in the protologue (here translated) that declare "Only fragments available to us. A description of a flower from the label of Bonpland." The handwriting on the label of the isolectotype (P barcode 04694524) is that of Bonpland (see Stauffer et al. 2012). This specimen was originally identified as Carolinea princeps L.f. (≡ P. aquatica ), which also is noted in the protologue where P. aquatica is listed as a synonym of P. nitida with doubt. The morphology of the leaves (leaflet shape, venation, and strongly raised midribs on abaxial surfaces) and of the flower (calyx shape and dimensions and stamen length) of the type of P. nitida matches that of the type of P. minor .