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Angiosperm types from the Hawaiian collections of A. A. Heller

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The numbering system used by A. A. Heller for his 1895 Hawaiian collections has led to confusion regarding which specimens should be considered types. As part of a larger study of Hawaiian angiosperm types we have examined many of Heller's specimens and analyzed their status as types. We present the status of all specimens we have examined as well as those we are aware of from the literature. We have also constructed itineraries for Heller's collecting activities on his trip to the Hawaiian Islands on the islands of O'ahu and Kaua'i. Nomenclatural notes are given for all angiosperm basionyms based on Heller's Hawaiian collections. Lectotypifications are provided forCyperus hillebrandii Boeck. var.helleri Kük.,Cyrtandra gayana A. Heller,Cyrtandra longifolia (Wawra) Hillebr. ex C. B. Clarke var.wahiawae A. Heller ex Rock,Euphorbia sparsiflora A. Heller,Isodendrion subsessilifolium A. Heller,Lobelia tortuosa A. Heller,Nania tremuloides, A. Heller,Pelea microcarpa A. Heller, andSuttonia angustifolia Mez.

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  1. Department of Botany, MRC 166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 20560-0166, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

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Wagner, W.L., Shannon, R.K. Angiosperm types from the Hawaiian collections of A. A. Heller. Brittonia 51, 422–438 (1999). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666526

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