Passiflora serratodigitata L.

Passiflora serratodigitata L. Species Plantarum 2: 960 (Linnaeus 1753). — Type specimen: Plate 79 from Plumier, Description des plantes d’Amérique (Plumier 1693) (lecto-, designated here; Fig. 5). Passiflora digitata L., nom. illeg., nom. superfl., Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1360 (Linnaeus 1763). Passiflora serrata L., nom. illeg., nom. superfl., Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1248 (Linnaeus 1759). Passiflora serrata var. digitata Ruiz & Pav. ex DC., nom. inval., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 330 (Candolle 1828). VOUCHER. — French Guiana • Limonade Creek, Saül; 18.VI.2009; O. Tostain 3071; P[P05538389]. DISTRIBUTION. — Caribbean Islands, Guianas, Amazon and Orinoco basins. NOTE According to the Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project, Feuillet & Cremers (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, C 87: 385 [Feuillet & Cremers 1984]) indicated Linnaeus’ diagnosis as the type but this is contrary to Art. 8.1 [of the International Code of Nomenclature]. In Fontqueria, Cervi (1997: 20) stated that its type is from Martinique (P), but this statement appears to derive from purely bibliographical sources and does not indicate any particular collection. In fact, the one and only source of the various bibliographical mentions of the protologue are the description and the plate from Plumier’s Description des plantes d’Amérique 62-63, t. 79 (Plumier 1693). Linnaeus had access to a copy of Plumier’s book (lithograph) during his stay in Hartekamp (Netherlands) in the residence of George Clifford (Linnaeus 1737). Unlike the original of Plumier, the copies were in black and white, but in the case of P. serratodigitata, it was enough to present all the diagnostic characters of this species.This plate is thus designated as the lectotype for Passiflora serratodigitata.