New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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B00037
Received 31 August 2000; accepted 30 October 2000

Short communication

The correct name for Chilean pelu (Fabaceae): the identity of Edwardsia macnabiana and the reinstatement of Sophora cassioides

P. B. HEENAN

Landcare Research
P.O. Box 69
Lincoln 8152, New Zealand

Abstract  The earliest available legitimate name for the Chilean tree legume pelu is Sophora cassioides; this is reinstated and a type specimen selected from the herbarium of F. Philippi. Pelu has previously been known as S. microphylla, a name now considered to belong to a New Zealand endemic, and also as S. macnabiana and S. microphylla subsp. macnabiana. Type material of Edwardsia macnabiana, the basionym of S. macnabiana and S. microphylla subsp. macnabiana, has not been found in the Robert Graham herbarium and there is insufficient information in the protologue to allow the selection of a suitable neotype. The name E. macnabiana, and its nomenclatural synonyms, are therefore abandoned. It is also shown that the combination Sophora macnabiana, which has been attributed to Skottsberg, is not validly published.

Keywords  Edwardsia macnabiana; Sophora cassioides; Fabaceae; Chile; typification

New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2001, Vol. 39: 167-170

0028-825X/00/3901-0167 $7.00 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 2001

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