Rhaphiolepis latifolia (Hook.f.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen, comb. nov. [Note N]

Liu, Bin-Bin, Wang, Yu-Bing, Hong, De-Yuan & Wen, Jun, 2020, A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae), PhytoKeys 154, pp. 19-55 : 19

22. Rhaphiolepis latifolia (Hook.f.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen, comb. nov. [Note N]

≡ Eriobotrya latifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(5): 370. 1878. Type: Myanmar. Moalmayne, on Thoung Gyne, alt. 5000 ft., 1857, T. Lobb s.n. (holotype: K [barcode K000758400]!).

≡ Pyrus herae M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 106. 2018. Type: Based on Eriobotrya latifolia .

≡ Rhaphiolepis herae (M.F.Fay & Christenh.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen, Front. Plant Sci. 10-1731: 11. 2020. Type: Based on Eriobotrya latifolia .

Distribution.

Myanmar (Kayin and Taninthayi).

Note N.

Rhaphiolepis latifolia Lodd. ex G.Don (in Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 202. 1830) was a naked name because this name has been published without descriptive statements in the protologue ( Turland et al. 2018: Art. 38.1). Rhaphiolepis latifolia has thus not been occupied. Although Liu et al. (2020b) made a new combination for this name as R. herae (M.F.Fay & Christenh.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen, the correct name of this taxon should be R. latifolia . We need to make another new combination as Rhaphiolepis latifolia (Hook.f.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen herein.