Validation of Nesampelos B. Nord. (Compositae-Senecioneae)

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by  Bertil Nordenstam

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ValidationofNesampelos B. Nord.
(Compositae-Senecioneae)
BertilNordenstam
DepartmentofPhanerogamicBotany
SwedishMuseumofNaturalHistory
P.O.Box50007,SE-10405Stockholm,Sweden
@
bertil.nordenstam nrm.se
Abstract
ThegenusNesampelosB. Nord. (Compositae-Senecioneae) is validlypublishedby
citation ofthe type, which was omitted in the original publication by Nordenstam
(2006).Newcombinationsarepublishedforthethreespeciesreferredtothegenus.
NomenclatureofNesampelos
ThenewgenusNesampelosB.Nord. wasdescribedamongothernovelgenerafrom
theGreaterAntillesbyNordenstam(2006).Byatechnicalmistakethelinestatingthe
typeofthegenusdisappeared intheprinting, andaccordingly thenewgenus andits
constituenttaxawerenotvalidlypublished(ICBNArt.37.1,43.1).Thismistakewillbe
rectifiedhere.
NesampelosB.Nord.,gen.nov.
NesampelosB.Nord.,CompositaeNewsletter44:58(2006),nom.inval.(typusnon
designatus).
Typus:N. lucens(Poir.)B.Nord.
Species3,Hispaniola:
1.Nesampeloslucens(Pom.)B.Nord.,comb.nov.
Basionym:Conyza/Mcen^Pom.,Encycl.(Lamarck)Suppl.2:341 (1811).
Syn.:Seneciolucens(Poir.)Urban,Symb.Antill.3:413(1903).
Typus:Nectouxs.n.,Haiti(P).
2.Nesampeloshotteana(Urb.&Ekman)B.Nord.,comb.nov.
Basionym:SeneciohotteanusUrb.&Ekman,Arkivf.Bot.23A(11):93(1931).
Typus:E.L.EkmanH7430,Hispaniola,Haiti,MassifdelaHotte,westerngroup,
Torbec,MomeFormon, 1400-1500m,27.Xn.1926(Sholo.!,iso.!,EHHiso.,NY
iso.).
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When collecting the type material Ekman was accompanied by Henry D. Barker
(labelinformationfromisotypeinherb.EHH,Damien,Haiti).
3.Nesampelosalainii(J.JimenezAlm.)B.Nord.,comb.nov.
Basionym:HerodotiaalainiiJ.JimenezAlm.,ColeccionConferenciasAcad.
Sci.Rep.Domin.2(11): 15(1977).
Syn.:Ekmaniopappusalainii(J.JimenezAlm.)Borhidi,ActaBot. Hung. 37:
111 ("1992",prob.publ. 1994).
Typus:Liogier22276,Rep.Domin.,Prov.DeLaVega,Constanza,ElConvento,
10.1.1975(Herb.Jimenezhole,JBSDiso.!).
Acknowledgements
I wish to thank Kanchi Gandhi, Werner Greuter and Gea Zulstra for
correspondence on matters ofnomenclature.
Reference
Nordenstam, B. 2006. New genera and combinations in the Senecioneae of the
GreaterAntilles.Comp.Newsl.44:50-73.