Summary
Macroptilium atropurpureum is an economically important forage species. The species is native to the Americas but it is widely cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics. There is no updated taxonomic revision of Macroptilium covering its full geographical range and historically there have been some nomenclatural vacillations regarding the rank of the name Macroptilium, and as a consequence a number of Macroptilium species are currently poorly defined. During the preparation of a taxonomic account of Macroptilium species occurring in Venezuela it became apparent that the species Macroptilium atropurpureum (≡ Phaseolus atropurpureus) had never been formally typified. In order to avoid any ambiguity regarding the application of the name M. atropurpureum, we here propose a lectotype for its basionym, Phaseolus atropurpureus. Some of the names included as synonyms are also lectotypified when clarification of application is necessary.
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We thank the collection managers and curators of the herbaria listed in the material and methods section for granting access to their herbarium collections. Special thanks to Dr Sandra Knapp (BM), Mr Jacek Wajer (BM), Dr Hans-Joachim Esser (M) and Dr Ernst Vitek (W) for help given to the first author during herbarium visits. Dr Mauricio Velayos and Mrs Charo Noya (MA) are thanked for kindly providing images of Sessé & Mociño’s collection. Teodardo Calles is also indebted to Synthesys (www.synthesys.org) for the grant provided (GB-TAF3364) to visit the herbaria at BM and K in the UK in April 2014.
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Calles, T., Lewis, G.P., Berlingeri, C. et al. Lectotypification of Macroptilium atropurpureum (Leguminosae). Kew Bull 70, 14 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-015-9562-0
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