Columbia megacarpa Merrill 1912

Columbia megacarpa Merrill (1912: 298) ≡ Colona megacarpa (Merr.) Burret (1926: 800) ≡ Colona velutinosa Kostermans (1969: 443) syn. nov. Type (lectotype, designated here):— PHILIPPINES. Palawan Island, Tanabag, December 1906, Manalo 7416 (US! [US00603816]; isolectotypes NY! [NY00415390], P! [P06708680]). In the protologue, the specimen Manalo 7416 is cited as type. Merrill (1912) specifies the Bureau of Science herbarium as reference, but this herbarium was destroyed during World War II (Merrill 1945). Analysing the original collection kept in other herbaria, three duplicates in US, NY, and P of Manalo 7416 were found. Therefore, following Art. 9.3 of the ICN, is designate here the specimen in US (US 00603816) as a lectotype of Colona megacarpa by choosing the best-preserved and complete specimen. When Kostermans (1969) published the name Colona velutinosa, he based on the specimen Manalo 7416 in the US herbarium. Since this specimen was already the type of C. megacarpa, the name C. velutinosa is superfluous when published (Art. 52 of the ICN). For this reason, is indicated here the name C. velutinosa as a new homotypic synonym of C. megacarpa.