The correct typification of Tradescantia crassula (Commelinaceae)

Gustavo Hassemer; Luís A Funez; João Paulo R Ferreira; Lidyanne Y S Aona

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.80.13448

The correct typification of Tradescantia crassula (Commelinaceae)

PhytoKeys. 2017 Jun 5:(80):121-127. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.80.13448. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Gustavo Hassemer¹, Luís A Funez¹, João Paulo R Ferreira², Lidyanne Y S Aona³

Affiliations

¹ Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Københavns Universitet, Sølvgade 83 S, 1307 Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Laboratório de Moluscos Marinhos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Servidão Beco dos Coroas, 503, 88061-600, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
³ Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, 710, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil.

Abstract

Here, we present evidence that the alleged correction of the typification of Tradescantia crassula recently proposed by Pellegrini, Forzza and Sakuragui is erroneous. Furthermore, we clarify misconceptions concerning the epitype of T. crassula, the specimen B-100521014, which was collected by Friedrich Sello in southern Brazil, and is not original material for T. crassula.

Keywords: Humboldt; Kunth; Link & Otto; Sello.