Triplaris purdiei Meisner 1855

Triplaris purdiei Meisner (1855: 49, t. 15, fig. 3) Type (designated by Brandbyge 1986):— COLOMBIA. Near Santa Martha on the river bank, (fr), Purdie s.n. (lectotype: K [K 585009, digital image!]; isolectotypes: G [G 437661, digital image!], K [K 585010, digital image!]). Remaining Syntypes:— BRITISH GUIANA. Barama. October 1843 (fl), Ri.Schomburgk 1522 (B [B 10-0250413, B 10-0250414, digital image!], BR [BR 5288175, digital image!], F [F V 0067821 F, digital image!], NY [NY 324245, NY 324247, digital image!]). Notes:— Brandbyge (1986) designated the Purdie specimen at K (K 585009) as the lectotype. However, there is a second specimen mentioned in the protologue by Meisner (1855: 49), i.e. Ri.Schomburgk 1522. Brandbyge (1986) considered this to be a specimen of Triplaris weigeltiana. Following the publication of his revision (Brandbyge 1986), Brandbyge later correctly annotated the specimens of Ri.Schomburgk 1522 as syntypes of T. purdiei. There is no clear indication of a collection year for Purdie s.n. Both of the specimens at K have “Hooker 1845” written on them, as well as a stamp “Herbarium Benthamianum 1854”. Similarly, the G specimen (G 437661) has “Mr. Bentham 1849” written on the top.