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We present a taxonomic treatment for the monospecific genus Koernickanthe (Marantaceae) based on morphology and previous phylogenetic studies. We return K. orbiculata to Maranta once more and have located the last remnant syntype for its basionym, Ischnosiphon orbiculatus, deposited at the Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS herbarium (LE), designating it as lectotype. Nomenclature and taxonomic novelties include the acceptance of the name Maranta orbiculata and its correct application, and also provide lectotypification for its basionym and that of its synonym, Calathea cardenasii.
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The authors are grateful for the support of the curator and staff of Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS (LE) and the staff of all collections consulted for this study. We also thank Claudio N. Fraga and Marco O.O. Pellegrini for their insightful suggestions on an early version of this manuscript, and Talvanis L Freire for his assistance with image editing.
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This research was partially supported by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Process n° 88887.177305/2018–00 – Finance Code 001, through the Ph.D. fellowship granted to the first author (FRMF). FRMF also thanks the Heliconia Society International (HSI) for the award of a Research Grant. ECS was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) with a Bolsa de Produtividade em Pesquisa CNPq-1D [grant number 314642/2020–0].
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Fraga, F.R.d.M., Smidt, E.d.C. & Braga, J.M.A. Koernickanthe revisited: nomenclatural and taxonomic treatment of a monotypic genus of Marantaceae. Brittonia 75, 45–55 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-022-09729-5
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