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Scytopetalaceae Engler 1897

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SCYTOPETALACEAE

GENERAL REFERENCE. — LETOUZEY 1978.

Egassea laurifolia Pierre, tab. Herb. L. Pierre, del. E. Delpy 5/1901.

This name, basionym of Oubangia laurifolia, is attributed to DE WILDEMAN as “Pierre ex De Wild.” (as “Pierre in De Wild.” by KEAY 1958: 300). DE WILDEMAN published Egassea laurifolia together with a plate in 1903. This plate was in part copied from DELPY’ s illustration cited above, as mentioned on DE WILDEMAN’ s plate: “E. Menger sec. Delpit et ad. nat. del”. This proves that DELPY’ s illustration of Egassea laurifolia Pierre had been distributed (at present found in BR, K and P), and that the name is validly published by PIERRE. The name with the correct author citation for the combination is therefore: Oubanguia laurifolia (Pierre) Tiegh.

Scytopetalum klaineanum Pierre, tab. Herb. L. Pierre, del. E. Delpy 8/1896.

Up to now ENGLER is cited as the publishing author of this species, based on ENGLER’ s publication (1897).

ENGLER made use of DELPY’ s illustration, now present in BR, K and P, for his figure 51a, as witnessed in the caption: “Teils nach Zeichnungen von Pierre, teils Original”. The publishing author of this species therefore is PIERRE and not “Pierre ex Engl.”

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Published as part of Breteler, F. J., 2005, (1833 - 1905): a discussion about their validity with some examples of nomenclatural consequences for the Gabonese flora in particular, pp. 325-335 in Adansonia (3) (3) 27 (2) on page 334, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5186656

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Scientific name authorship
Engler
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ericales
Family
Scytopetalaceae
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family
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Scytopetalaceae Engler, 1897 sec. Breteler, 2005

References

  • LETOUZEY R. 1978. - Scytopetalaceae: 139 - 202, in Flore du Gabon 24. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • KEAY R. W. J. 1958 - Scytopetalaceae: 299 - 300, in HUTCHINSON J. F DALZIEL J. M., Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1 (2). Crown Agents, London.