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TWO NEW VARIETAL COMBINATIONS IN PHANERA (LEGUMINOSAE: CAESALPINIOIDEAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2013

S. Bandyopadhyay
S. Bandyopadhyay*
Affiliation:
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, India. E-mail: subirbandyopadhyay@yahoo.com

Abstract

New combinations are proposed in Phanera (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) for two varieties of Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker.

Keywords

New combinationsPhanera glabrifolia var. maritimaPhanera glabrifolia var. sericea

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , July 2013 , pp. 363 - 366
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2013 

Introduction

Recent phylogenetic studies based on DNA sequence data (Lewis & Forest, Reference Lewis, Forest, Lewis, Schrire, Mackinder and Lock2005; Bruneau et al., Reference Bruneau, Mercure, Lewis and Herendeen2008; Sinou et al., Reference Sinou, Forest, Lewis and Bruneau2009) suggest that Bauhinia L. subgen. Phanera (Lour.) Kurz (Wunderlin et al., Reference Wunderlin, Larsen and Larsen1987; Bandyopadhyay, Reference Bandyopadhyay1999) should be recognised as a genus distinct from Bauhinia.

Two of the varieties in Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker, viz. B. glabrifolia var . maritima K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen and B. glabrifolia var. sericea (Lace) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen, are yet to be transferred to Phanera. The following new combinations are proposed here.

New Combinations

  • Phanera glabrifolia Benth. var. maritima (K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen) Bandyop., comb. nov. – Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker var . maritima K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 25: 14 (1997). – Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker var. maritima K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 13: 39 (1980), nom. inval.; K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen in T.Smitinand & K.Larsen (eds), Fl. Thailand 4(1): 44 (1984), nom. inval.; K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen in C.Kalkman et al. (eds), Fl. Males. ser. I, 12(2): 476 (1996), nom. inval. – Type: Helfer 1880 (holo K [bar code no. K000760676], image!; iso CAL! [bar code no. CAL0000011309]).

  • Bauhinia piperifolia auct. non Roxb.: Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45(2): 288 (1876); Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 1: 400 (1877), pro parte.

  • Bauhinia glabrifolia auct. non (Benth.) Baker: Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66(2): 500 (1897), pro parte.

  • Phanera glabrifolia auct. non Benth.: de Wit, Reinwardtia 3(4): 486 (1956), pro parte.

Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen and Larsen1980b) proposed ‘Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker var . maritima K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen’ as a ‘var. nov.’, cited three misapplied names, and provided a description in English. For the type they cited ‘Helfer 1880, Tenasserim & Andamans’, ‘lectotype’ at K. Unfortunately Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen and Larsen1980b) did not provide a diagnosis or description in Latin and nor do any of the references to the three misidentified names contain a diagnosis or description in Latin. Therefore, their proposed new varietal name was not validly published (see Art. 36.1 of the ICBN; McNeill et al., Reference McNeill, Barrie, Burdet, Demoulin, Hawksworth and Marhold2006). Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen and Larsen1997), however, later realised their mistake and provided a Latin diagnosis. For the valid publication of a name, when all of the necessary elements are not included in that publication, a full and direct reference must be given to the places where these requirements were previously fulfilled (see Art. 45.1 of the ICBN; McNeill et al., Reference McNeill, Barrie, Burdet, Demoulin, Hawksworth and Marhold2006). Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen and Larsen1997) did not refer to the precise page number in Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen and Larsen1980b) to validate their varietal name, but instead referred to the entire page range of the paper. They did, however, cite two other publications (Larsen & Larsen, Reference Larsen, Larsen, Smitinand and Larsen1984, Reference Larsen, Larsen, Kalkman, Kirkup, Nooteboom, Stevens and Wilde1996) with precise page numbers and in the latter publication (in Flora Malesiana) the ‘Type’ citation was given. Therefore, their varietal name was validly published in 1997 by reference back to Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen, Larsen, Kalkman, Kirkup, Nooteboom, Stevens and Wilde1996) rather than, as they thought, by reference back to Larsen & Larsen (Reference Larsen and Larsen1980b).

  • Phanera glabrifolia Benth. var. sericea (Lace) Bandyop., comb. et stat. nov. – Bauhinia sericea Lace, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 400 (1915). – Type: Burma, Lace 6208 (lecto K [bar code no. K000760674], designated by Larsen & Larsen, Reference Larsen, Larsen, Aubréville and Leroy1980a, image!). – Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker subsp. sericea (Lace) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25(1&2): 10 (1973). – Bauhinia glabrifolia (Benth.) Baker var. sericea (Lace) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Viêtnam 18: 187 (1980).

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to the Director, Botanical Survey of India and Additional Director, Central National Herbarium, BSI for facilities; to the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for access to literature and cibachrome photos of the Kew specimens; to Dr J. Bhattacharya and Dr A. M. S. F. Vaz for providing literature; to Dr K. N. Gandhi and Dr J. McNeill for nomenclatural clarifications; to Dr V. Sampath Kumar for information on specimens at Kew; and to Dr D. J. Middleton for his suggestions.

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