Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 43

Authors:

Rusby, Henry Hurd

Published In: Descriptions of Three Hundred New Species of South American Plants 6. 1920. (20 Dec 1920) (Descr. S. Amer. Pl.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: [Staminate plant] "Twining to 15 feet, common in thickets below 1500 feet. Collected at Cienaga, near sea-leavel, Sept. 10; [Pistillate plant] "Thickets near the coast, Playa Brave, Nov. 17"

Collector and Number: H.H. Smith s.n.; H.H. Smith 2302

Distribution: Colombia

Type Specimens

• ST: Herbert H. Smith - 2302 - MO - (BC:MO-1438290/A:3572130), (BC:MO-277884/A:1807745). (MO - (BC:MO-1438290/A:3572130), (BC:MO-277884/A:1807745))
• ST: Smith 2302; ; Colombia Label says Lectotype, but not published as of 1/03

New Name:

Dioscorea pseudorajanioides R. Knuth 

Nomenclaturally Correct Name:

Dioscorea pseudorajanioides R. Knuth 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Dioscoreales Mart.
• family:  !!Dioscoreaceae R. Br.
• genus:  !!Dioscorea L.

Keywords: jcs