Re-examination of Vaccinium dialypetalum (Ericaceae) - Erratum

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by  S R Vander Kloet

Garden s Bulletin Singapore55 (2003) 163-164
Re-examination of Vaccinium dialypetalum
(Ericaceae) - Erratum
VANDER KLOET
S. P.
Department ofBiology, Acadia University, Wolfville,
Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6
InVanderKloet (2002), I overlooked the fact that Sleumerhad in 1941 already made
combinationsforthetaxainquestionunderVaccinium.ThereforethenamesIproposed
are later homonyms and are illegitimate. The correct names for the taxa in question
should be:
Vaccinium ridleyi Sleumer, Bot. Jahrb. 71 (1941) 424. Agapetesparviflora Ridl., J.
As. Soc. Str. Br. 61 (1912) 26 non Dunn (1903), nec Vaccinium parviflorum Andr.
(1800); Agapetes micrantha Ridl., Fl. Mai. Pen. 2 (1923) 205, non Vaccinium
micranthum Dunal 1839; Vaccinium micranthum Vander Kloet 54 (2002) 181 non
Dunal (1839). Type: Ridley 15768 (holo SING!).
Synonym: VacciniumpseudodialypetalumNg, Gard. Bull. Sing. 28 (1976) 231. Type:
KEP 56673 (holo KEP).
Vaccinium urophyllum Merr., Pap. Mich. Ac. Sc. 19 (1934) 184. Type: Yates 2427
(holo MICH; iso NY, US).
Synonyms: Vaccinium longilingua Sleumer, Bot. Jahrb. 71 (1941) 424; Agapetes
perakensis Ridl., Fl. Mai. Pen. 2 (1923) 205, non Vacciniumperakense Ridl. (1918);
VacciniumperakensisVanderKloet,Gard. Bull. Sing. 54(2002) 182non. Ridl. (1918).
Type: Ridley 5532 (SING!).
Agapetes griffithiiauct. non C.B.Clarke (1882): King, J. As. Soc. Beng. 74 (1906) II
59.
Acknowledgements
I acknowledge the help and advice ofJ.F. Veldkamp (L) and I.M. Turner (SING) in
the preparation ofthis erratum.
164 Gard. Bull. Singapore55 (2003)
Reference
Kloet, S.P. Vander. 2002. Re-examination of Vaccinium dialypetalum (Ericaceae).
GardensBulletin Singapore. 54: 179-183.