Fred R. Barrie

Report of the Special Committee on Registration of Algal and Plant Names (including fossils)

The Special Committee on Registration of Algal and Plant Names (including fossils) was established at the XVIII International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Melbourne in 2011, its mandate being to consider what would be involved in registering algal and plant names (including fossils), using a procedure analogous to that for fungal names agreed upon in Melbourne and included as Art. 42 in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Because experience with voluntary registration was key to persuading mycologists of the advantages of mandatory registration, we began by asking institutions with a history of nomenclatural indexing to develop mechanisms that would permit registration. The task proved more difficult than anticipated, but considerable progress has been made, as is described in this report. It also became evident that the Nomenclature Section needs a structure that will allow ongoing discussion of registration and associated issues. Simultaneously with this report we are submitting four proposals that would provide such a structure.

Report on botanical nomenclature—Vienna 2005. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna: Nomenclature Section, 12–16 July 2005

1 Species 2000, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, 2333 CR, The Netherlands 2 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK; and Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 3 Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299, USA (address for correspondence: Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA) 4 US National Herbarium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 5 Departamento de Biologia Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK; and Mycology Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK 6 Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Konigin-Luise-Str. 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany 7 Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, GPO Box 1600, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

Novae Gesneriaceae Neotropicarum XVII: New Combinations and Typifications

Abstract.  Fieldwork and current research projects in Central and South America on the Gesneriaceae have shown that nomenclatural and taxonomic changes are needed. The Ecuadorian endemic species Columnea albovinosa (M. Freiberg) J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog is transferred from Dalbergaria Tussac. The name Pentadenia lutea M. Freiberg is synonymized with C. angustata (Wiehler) L. E. Skog. Amalophyllon ecuadoranum (Wiehler) J. L. Clark, comb. nov., is recognized as a species distinct from A. divaricatum (Poepp.) Boggan, L. E. Skog & Roalson. The application of the name C. serrata (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. is stabilized by the designation of a neotype. The new name Drymonia ovatifolia J. L. Clark is made for the species Nautilocalyx dressleri Wiehler. Resia bracteata, a name originally published without a Latin diagnosis, is here validly published as R. bracteata J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog. Resumen.  El trabajo de campo en Gesneriaceae realizado en Centro y Sur América, ha evidenciado la necesidad de realizar algunos cambios taxonómicos y nomenclaturales. Columnea albovinosa (M. Freiberg) J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog, especie endémica de Ecuador, se transfiere de Dalbergaria Tussac. Pentadenia lutea M. Freiberg es sinonimizada con C. angustata (Wiehler) L. E. Skog. Se reconoce a Amalophyllon ecuadoranum (Wiehler) J. L. Clark, comb. nov., como una especie diferente de A. divaricatum (Poepp.) Boggan, L. E. Skog & Roalson. Para preservar la estabilidad de la especie se designa un neotipo para C. serrata (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. Se crea un nuevo nombre, Drymonia ovatifolia J. L. Clark, para la especie Nautilocalyx dressleri Wiehler. La especie Resia bracteata, originalmente publicada sin la diagnosis en latín, es válidamente publicada como R. bracteata J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog.

(366–369) Two proposals on original material and two on superseding type selection

1 Royal Botanic Garden, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, U.K. 2 Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.; Departmen of Life Sciences, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605, U.S.A. 3 Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 6–8, 14195 Berlin, Germany; Herbarium Mediterraneum, c/o Orto Botanico, Via Lincoln 2/A, 90133 Palermo, Italy Author for correspondence: John McNeill, J.McNeill@rbge.ac.uk

Five New Species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Panama

Abstract.  Five previously unrecognized species of Eugenia L. from the Caribbean lowland forest of Panama are named, described, and assigned IUCN conservation status here: E. arrhaphocalyx Barrie, I. Vergara & McPherson (EN), E. brachyblastiflora Barrie, C. Ramos & O. Ortiz (CR), E. donosoensis Barrie, C. Ramos & O. Ortiz (LC), E. roseola Barrie, C. Ramos & O. Ortiz (LC), and E. roseopetala Barrie, I. Vergara & McPherson (EN).

Typification of the Linnaean names in Pyrola (Ericaceae, Pyroloideae)

Lectotypes are designated for four of the six Linnaean names inPyrola. The names are applied now to species ofChimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia, andPyrola (Ericaceae, Pyroloideae).

Valeriana vilcabambensis (Valerianaceae), a New Species from Undisturbed Upper Montane Forest of the Southern Peruvian Andes

Abstract. Valeriana vilcabambensis Sylvester & Barrie (Valerianaceae), here described and illustrated, is found as a common constituent of the herbaceous layer in humid, high-elevation montane forests of the Cordilleras Urubamba and Vilcabamba, Peru, which are inaccessible to grazing livestock and the spread of human-induced ground fires. The species is unique in its combination of erect, simple, woody stems to 80 cm tall; pinnate-pinnatisect leaves with elliptic to obovate entire leaflets and usually with a gradually pinnatipartite apex; cymose inflorescence with purpletinged white flowers and purple anthers; and glabrous pappose fruits. A key is provided to help distinguish it from other Peruvian species with cymose or cymosepaniculate inflorescences and pinnate, pinnatisect, or deeply pinnatifid leaves.

A New Species of Alsobia (Gesneriaceae) from Belize, with a Synopsis of the Genus

Abstract. Alsobia baroniae L. E. Skog & Barrie, a new species of Alsobia Hanst. (Gesneriaceae: Episcieae), is described from the karst region of central Belize. The new species is endemic to Belize, known from but a few collections, and is distinguished from the other three known species of Alsobia mainly by its larger leaves, 10–26 cm long, and its densely pilose corolla. The genus is now expanded to four species. A synopsis of the genus is given, including descriptions of the genus and known species and a key to species.

Three Previously Undescribed Species of Quercus (Fagaceae) from Mesoamerica and the Designation of a Lectotype for Q. acutifolia

Abstract. Three previously unrecognized species of Quercus L. from Mexico and Central America are named and described here: Q. breedloveana Nixon & Barrie, Q. sarahmariae Nixon & Barrie, and Q. melissae Nixon & Barrie. Additionally, a lectotype is designated for the name Q. acutifolia Née, thereby stabilizing its application.

(23–24) Proposals to add Stephani in Hedwigia 27: 276–302. 1888, and Stephani in Hedwigia 29: 1–23, 68–99, 133–142. 1890, to the list of suppressed works for new generic names in Appendix VI

1 Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2 Department of Science and Education, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, U.S.A. 3 Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166, U.S.A. 4 Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901-6509, U.S.A. 5 Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Department Systematique et Evolution, C.P. 39, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris 05, France Author for correspondence: Lars Söderström, lars.soderstrom@ntnu.no