Gesneriaceae Rich. & Juss.
Boea magellanica Lam.
, legitimate, scientific
[Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791), Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1, 1(1)]:
53, t. 15
[tax. nov.]
[Bennett, J.J., Brown, R. & Horsfield, T. (1840), Plantae Javanicae Rariores 2]:
120
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Boea commersonii R.Br.
nom. illeg.
[Puglisi, C. & Middleton, D.J. (2018), A revision of Boea (Gesneriaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 75(1)]:
36-39, Fig. 1 (map)
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
"[Papua New Guinea or Solomon Islands], Port Praslin, vii 1766 [The date reported on the specimens is not correct and the likely year is 1768 (Trimen, 1876) [i.e. H.Trimen, J.Linn.Soc., Bot. 15(84): 163-165 (1876)], Commerson s.n. (lecto P [P00061214], designated here; isolecto BM [BM001031560], C [C10013551], LINN, P [P03884601, P00700922], G [G00300724, 2 sheets])."
taxonomic synonym:
Boea commersonii R.Br.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Boea cardwelli C.B.Clarke
nom. inval., pro syn.
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Boea cardwelli C.B.Clarke
nom. inval., pro syn.
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APC Comment:
A Solomon Islands taxon, placed in synonymy of Boea commersonii R.Br., nom. illeg. by J.J.Bennett et al., Pl. Jav. Rar. 2: 120 (1840). Boea commersonii was erroneously recorded for Australia by C.B.Clarke in A. & C. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 145 (1883).