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Critical comments on the types of two 19th-century North American plant names

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We identify specimens belonging to the original material of the names Onosmodium molle Michaux (Boraginaceae) and Verbena riparia Raf. ex Small & Heller (Verbenaceae). We designate the lectotype for O. molle. On the other hand, we present evidence that original material of V. riparia is indeed the holotype, which supersedes a previous lectotype designation.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Fred Barrie, Michael Nee, Nataly O'Leary and Thomas Zanoni for their constructive comments on earlier versions of the manuscript that greatly improved its quality; to the curators and staff of the herbarium P of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris for providing the high-resolution image of the lectotype of Onosmodium molle; also to the curators and staff of NY herbarium, especially Amy Weiss, for digitizing the Verbena riparia holotype.

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  1. Pedro Jiménez-Mejías

    Present address: Department of Biology (Botany), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain

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Jiménez-Mejías, P., Naczi, R.F.C. Critical comments on the types of two 19th-century North American plant names. Brittonia 71, 123–128 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09578-9

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