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Issue: Vol. 202 No. 3: 13 March 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-03-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.3.10
Page range: 233–234
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 9

The renaming of Asclepias xysmalobioides with Asclepias montevaga (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae)

School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa National Herbarium, Pretoria, South African National Biodiversity Institute School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520 South Africa
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa
Apocynaceae Asclepiadinae Asclepias montevaga Asclepias xysmalobioides homonymy nomenclature

Abstract

Asclepias xysmalobioides Hilliard & B.L. Burtt (1986: 193) is a later homonym of Asclepias xysmalobioides S. Moore (1912: 342). There are no valid synonyms available, and so we propose the new name Asclepias montevaga M. Glen, Nicholas & Bester here.