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Revisiting the infrageneric classification of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae): an updated sectional name and new, legitimate names in Garcinia for Allanblackia gabonensis (Pellegr.) Bamps and A. parviflora A.Chev.
expand article infoPatrick Sweeney‡, Myriam Gaudeul§
‡ Yale University, New Haven, United States of America
§ Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Corresponding author: Patrick Sweeney ( patrick.sweeney@yale.edu )

Academic editor: Manuel Luján
© 2024 Patrick Sweeney, Myriam Gaudeul.
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Citation: Sweeney P, Gaudeul M (2024) Revisiting the infrageneric classification of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae): an updated sectional name and new, legitimate names in Garcinia for Allanblackia gabonensis (Pellegr.) Bamps and A. parviflora A.Chev. PhytoKeys 243: 63-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.124751
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Abstract

In a recent publication dealing with the sectional-level taxonomy of Garcinia, an illegitimate superfluous sectional name and two illegitimate homonyms were published. Herein we choose a legitimate sectional name, Garcinia section Rheediopsis Pierre, for the superfluous name Garcinia section Rheedia (L.) S.W.Jones ex P.W.Sweeney; and create two new legitimate names in Garcinia for Allanblackia gabonensis (Pellegr.) Bamps and A. parviflora A.Chev.

Key words

Homonym, nomenclature, priority, taxonomy

Introduction

In Gaudeul et al. (2024), Garcinia sect. Rheedia (L.) S.W.Jones ex P.W.Sweeney was recognized to include species placed by Jones (1980) into G. sect. Rheedia (L.) S.W.Jones nom. inval., G. sect. Rheediopsis Pierre, and G. sect. Teracentrum Pierre. However, Garcinia section Rheedia (L.) S.W.Jones ex P.W.Sweeney is an illegitimate name (superfluous as per Art. 52.1, Turland et al. 2018) due to the two previously published sectional names being included within it. Instead, we here choose the name Garcinia section Rheediopsis Pierre for this section.

In Gaudeul et al. (2024), the genus Allanblackia was placed into synonymy under Garcinia section Allanblackia (Oliv.) P.W. Sweeney and new combinations and names were created in Garcinia for the former Allanblackia species. Two of these new names are illegitimate later homonyms (Art. 53.1 Turland et al. 2018). Here we provide new legitimate names for these species.

Nomenclature

Garcinia section Rheediopsis Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1, Fasc. 5 (1883). Clade 2 in Gaudeul et al. (2024).

Type

Garcinia smeathmannii (Planch. & Triana) Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 168 (1868), designated by Gaudeul et al. (2024).

Synonyms

Rheedia L., Sp. Pl.: 1193 (1753).

Garcinia section Teracentrum Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1, Fasc. 5 (1883).

Garcinia section Rheedia (L.) S.W.Jones ex P.W.Sweeney, nom. illegit., PhytoKeys 239: 86 (2024).

Species

Garcinia albuquerquei (M.E.Berg) Bittrich; G. ambrensis (H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. anjouanensis (H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. aphanophlebia Baker; G. apostoloi Mouzinho; G. arenicola (Jum. & H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. aristata (Griseb.) Borhidi; G. bakeriana (Urb.) Borhidi; G. barkeriana (Urb. & Ekman) Alain; G. benthamiana (Planch. & Triana) Pipoly; G. brasiliensis Mart.; G. calcicola (Jum. & H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. cincta (Urb.) Borhidi; G. clarensis Borhidi; G. commersonii (Planch. & Triana) Vesque; G. cubensis (Borhidi) Borhidi; G. dalleizettei (H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. decussata C.D.Adams; G. floribunda Miq.; G. fluviatilis Mouzinho & L.Marinho; G. gabonensis Sosef & Dauby; G. gardneriana (Planch. & Triana) Zappi; G. × guacopary (S.Moore) M.Nee; G. hessii (Britton) Alain; G. humilis (Vahl) C.D.Adams; G. intermedia (Pittier) Hammel; G. kingaensis Engl.; G. leptophylla Bittrich; G. livingstonei T.Anderson; G. macrophylla Mart.; G. madruno (Kunth) Hammel; G. magnifolia (Pittier) Hammel; G. magnophylla (Cuatrec.) Hammel; G. mangorensis (R.Vig. & Humbert) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. martinii (Maguire) Govaerts; G. megistophylla P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. moaensis (Bisse) Borhidi; G. obliqua Sosef & Dauby; G. ophiticola (Borhidi) Borhidi; G. ovalifolia Oliv.; G. pachyclada N.Robson; G. parviflora Benth.; G. pervillei (Planch. & Triana) Vesque; G. polyneura (Urb.) Borhidi; G. portoricensis (Urb.) Alain; G. pulvinata (Planch. & Triana) Hammel; G. pungens Borhidi; G. revoluta (Urb.) Borhidi; G. robsoniana Bamps; G. ruscifolia (Griseb.) Borhidi; G. semseii Verdc.; G. serpentini Borhidi; G. smeathmannii (Planch. & Triana) Oliv.; G. spruceana (Engl.) Mouzinho; G. staudtii Engl.; G. thouvenotii (H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. tsimatimia P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. urschii (H.Perrier) P.W.Sweeney & Z.S.Rogers; G. verticillata Alain.

New names for species included in Garcinia sect. Allanblackia (Oliv.) P.W. Sweeney

Garcinia alepensis P.W.Sweeney, nom. nov.

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≡Allanblackia parviflora A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 163 (1909). Type. Côte d’Ivoire: Alépé, Chevalier 16239. non Garcinia parviflora Benth., London J. Bot. 2: 370 (1843).

≡Garcinia guineensis P.W.Sweeney, PhytoKeys 239: 87 (2024), nom. illeg. non Garcinia guineensis (G.Don) Vesque, Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 8: 335 (1893).

Note

A replacement name, Garcinia alepensis, is created here for Allanblackia parviflora, because the epithet parviflora was used previously in Garcinia for a different species. The epithet alepensis is chosen in reference to the type locality of the species, Alepe, Côte d’Ivoire.

Garcinia agnoume P.W.Sweeney, nom. nov.

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≡Allanblackia gabonensis (Pellegr.) Bamps, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39: 356 (1969). Type. Gabon: between Moubighou and Nzoundou, Le Testu 6001. non Garcinia gabonensis Sosef & Dauby, PhytoKeys 17: 52 (2012).

≡Garcinia ngouniensis P.W.Sweeney, PhytoKeys 239: 88 (2024), nom. illeg.

non Garcinia ngouniensis Pellegr., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 195 (1921).

Note

A replacement name, Garcinia agnoume, is created here for Allanblackia gabonensis, because the epithet gabonensis was used previously in Garcinia for a different species. The epithet agnoume, constructed as a noun in apposition, is in reference to a vernacular name agnoumé used for this species within parts of its range (Eyog Matig et al. 2006).

Acknowledgements

We thank the reviewers for their valuable input.

Additional information

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Ethical statement

No ethical statement was reported.

Funding

No funding was reported.

Author contributions

All authors have contributed equally.

Author ORCIDs

Patrick Sweeney https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-189X

Data availability

All of the data that support the findings of this study are available in the main text.

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