A, lectotype of Solanum sarmentosum Sessé & Moc. (=Solanum dulcamaroides Dunal) (MA 604621); B, lectotype of Solanum scandens Sessé & Moc. (=Solanum boldoense Dunal & A DC.) (MA 604676); C, lectotype of Solanum tlacopalense Sessé & Moc. (=Solanum wendlandii Hook. f.) (MA 604681); D, epitype of Solanum uniflorum Sessé & Moc. (=Lycianthes mocinianum (Dunal) Bitter) (MA 604649).

A, lectotype of Solanum sarmentosum Sessé & Moc. (=Solanum dulcamaroides Dunal) (MA 604621); B, lectotype of Solanum scandens Sessé & Moc. (=Solanum boldoense Dunal & A DC.) (MA 604676); C, lectotype of Solanum tlacopalense Sessé & Moc. (=Solanum wendlandii Hook. f.) (MA 604681); D, epitype of Solanum uniflorum Sessé & Moc. (=Lycianthes mocinianum (Dunal) Bitter) (MA 604649).

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Lectotypes, neotypes or epitypes are confirmed or designated here for 16 of the 22 names coined by Martín Sessé y Lacasta and José Mariano Mociño that were described as members of the large genus Solanum (Solanaceae): Solanum bifidum, S. cordovense, S. declinatum, S. dichotomum, S. diphyllum, S. lanceifolium, S. lanceolatum, S. lineatum (both homon...

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... sion over the naming these two taxa in Sessé and Mo- ciño's manuscripts. As stated above (see S. nutans), I consider it helpful to lectotypify all the names associ- ated with this set of specimens in order to stabilise us- age and synonymy. Two specimens in the Sessé and Mociño herbarium at MA bear original labels of "S. sarmentosum N" [MA 604621 (Fig. 4 A), MA 604624 (F neg. 48317)]. MA 604621 also has a reference to a drawing, as does the protologue; neither of these sheets cites a locality. An additional unlabelled speci- men (MA 604620) is morphologically very similar to MA 604621 and I suggest these come for the same gathering and should be treated as duplicates. The neotype ...
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... two specimens, and all these collections are potential epitype material for S. dulcamaroides, which is based on one of the Sessé and Mociño drawings seen by Dunal in Montpellier (probably Troner collection 6331.1503, but the paint- ing is not annotated by Dunal or de Candolle, see above). Lectotype (designated here), MA 604676 (F neg. 48318, Fig. 4 B); isolectotype MA 604675 (not pho- tographed at ...
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... confusion exists over the use of the epithet "scandens" in Sessé and Mociño's works (see above), but it is clear that on page 53 of Flora Mexi- cana, they were using S. scandens in the sense of a new name, different from that of Linnaeus, which they re- named S. nutans (see above and S. sarmentosum). The specimen (MA 604676, Fig. 4 B) labelled "S.scandens IC." in the Sessé and Mociño herbarium at MA with the locality "Hav a . et Queretaro" demonstrates the confusion over the identity of all these plants. MA 604676 (the lectotype) is a specimen of the Cuban en- demic S. boldoense Dunal & A.DC., suggesting [con- firming?] the localities were added to the labels after ...
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... but could be one of the epiphytic Solanaceae such as Merinthopodium neuranthum (Hemsl.) Donn. Sm., many of which have tuberulate stems. That species, however, is not known from Tabasco or San Luis Potosí, but does occur in Chiapas ( Knapp & al., 2005). Fig. 4 C); isolectotypes, MA 604680 (F neg. 48333), MA 604682 (F neg. ...
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... type locality is probably near Tlacotalpan which is ca. 50 km NW of San Andrés Tuxtla in Veracruz. Three rather mouldy, leafless specimens of S. wend- landii (MA 604680, MA 604681 ( Fig. 4 C), MA 604682) in the Sessé and Mociño herbarium at MA are clearly duplicates from the same gathering. MA 604680 bears a label in Pavón's hand of "Capsicum frutescens NE" and a fragment of an additional label; MA 604682 and MA 604681 both are labelled "S. heterophyllum D", but MA 604681 has in addition "N Ic. olim Tlaco- talpense" a short ...
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... The axillary inflorescences suggest a species of Lycianthes, but the subdentate leaves are unusual in Solanum or Lycianthes and may mean this is not a member of either genus, nor even of the Solanaceae. McVaugh (2000a) equates this with the species of the same name in Mociño (1993) from El Salvador, whose identity has not been determined. Fig. 4 ...
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... "Solanum pauciflorum uniflorum". In the Torner Collection there is also another apparent copy of the original (6331.0641), labelled "Solanum pauci- florum N" (see Fig. 1 in Dean, 1997 and http://hunt- bot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/Departments/Art/Torn er). Specimens labelled with these names ("S. uniflo- rum N", MA 604648 (F neg. 48221), MA 604649 ( Fig. 4 D); "S. pauciflorum N" MA 604651 (F neg. 48227) in MA are therefore candidates for epitypes of S. uni- florum and S. mocinianum. I have chose MA 604649 as the epitype for S. uniflorum because it is well-pre- served, labelled "Solanum uniflorum" and has several stems with flowers. Another of the specimens of Ly- cianthes mociniana (MA ...

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