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THE TYPIFICATION AND IDENTITY OF THREE SPECIES OF PARIETARIA L. (URTICACEAE), OSTENSIBLY DESCRIBED FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Author(s) -
Friis Ib
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221618
Subject(s) - typification , urticaceae , botany , biology , synonym (taxonomy) , type (biology) , geography , taxonomy (biology) , nomenclature , ecology , genus
Summary The original material of three species of Parietaria, P. capensis Thunb., P. lanceolata Thunb., and P. pilosa Willd., all described as from South Africa, has been studied. P. capensis Thunb. is lectotypified with a specimen which can be identified as Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf., a species indigenous to South Africa. The type material of P. lanceolata Thunb. can be identified as Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn., an Asian species. After study of type material, Parietaria pilosa Willd. is considered a synonym of P. judaica L., a basically Eurasian species. It is considered doubtful that the latter two species were described from material collected in South Africa.