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A synopsis of the African genus Hypericophyllum (Compositae: Heliantheae)

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A synopsis of Hypericophyllum (Compositae: Heliantheae) is presented. A new section is described, together with three new combinations; a total of ten species are recognised, and the synonymy of two expanded. The name H. compositarum is lectotypified and an epitype designated. The position of H. altissimum is discussed. One or two obvious historical errors are highlighted and corrected, and an index to names provided. The fate of Klatt’s Jaumea alternifolia is revealed and is proposed as another synonym of Palafoxia linearis.

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Hypericophyllum altissimum (Klatt) J.-P. Lebrun & Stork, Énum. Pl. Fl. d’Afr. Trop. 4: 300 (1997)

Hypericophyllum angolense (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35 (244): 122 (Brown 1902)

Hypericophyllum brevipapposum Gilli, Ann.Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 78: 156 (1974) = Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz

Hypericophyllum chevalieri (O. Hoffm.) D. J. N. Hind

Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz in Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6, Bot. 2: 498, Taf. 50 (1864)

Hypericophyllum congoense (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35 (244): 122 (Brown 1902)

Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35 (244): 122 (Brown 1902)

Hypericophyllum gossweileri S. Moore, J. Bot. 54 (No. 645): 256 (1916)

Hypericophyllum hessii (Merxm.) D. J. N. Hind

Hypericophyllum multicaule Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1907 (2): 50 (1907)

Hypericophyllum nyassicum Gilli, Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 78: 157 (1975) = Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Hypericophyllum rotundifolia (Mattf.) D. J. N. Hind

Hypericophyllum scabridum N. E. Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35 (244): 122 (Brown 1902) = Hypericophyllum angolense (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Hypericophyllum speciosum (Lawalrée) Lawalrée in Expl. Hydrobiol. Lac Tanganika (1946 – 1947), Résult. Scient. 4 (2): 74 (1955) = Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Hypericophyllum speciosum (Lawalrée) Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 78: 157 (1974), comb. superfl. = Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Hypericophyllum tessmannii (Mattf.) G. V. Pope, Kirkia 10 (1): 110 (1975)

Jaumea alternifolia Klatt, Flora 68 (10): 203 (1885) = Palafoxia linearis (Cav.) Lag. var. linearis

Jaumea altissima Klatt, Bull. Herb. Boissier 3 (8): 425 (1895) = incertae sedis

Jaumea angolensis O. Hoffm., Bol. Soc. Brot. 10 (3): 178 (1893) = Hypericophyllum angolense (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Jaumea carnosa (Less.) A. Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. Pacific N. Amer. 17 (2): 360 (1874)

Jaumea chevalieri O. Hoffm., [Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 55] Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8b: 41 (1908) = Hypericophyllum chevalieri (O. Hoffm.) D. J. N. Hind

Jaumea compositarum (Steetz) Oliv. & Hiern in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 395 (1877) = Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz

Jaumea congensis [sic!] O. Hoffm., Compt. Rendu Séances Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 39(2): 33 (Hoffmann 1900a). [In: Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 39 (1900)] = Hypericophyllum congoense (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Jaumea elata O.Hoffm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28 (4): 506 (Hoffmann 1900b) = Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Jaumea gossweileri (S. Moore) Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59 (4, Beibl. 133): 23 (Mattfeld 1924) = Hypericophyllum gossweileri S. Moore

Jaumea helenae Buscal. & Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49 (3 & 4): 507 (Buscalioni 7 Muschler 1913) = Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Jaumea hessii Merxm. in Suessenguth & Merxmüller, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2 (Heft 11): 35 (1954) = Hypericophyllum hessii (Merxm.) D. J. N. Hind

Jaumea johnstoni Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1898: 153 (1898) = Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz

Jaumea linearifolia (Juss.) DC., Prodr. 5: 663 (1836)

Jaumea linearis Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2 (2): 397 (1807), nom. illeg. = Jaumea linearifolia (Juss.) DC.

Jaumea mexicana (DC.) Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 209 (Hemsley 1881) = Espejoa mexicana DC.

Jaumea mimuloides Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29 (1): 52 (Hieronymus 1900) = Philoglossa mimuloides (Hieron.) H. Rob. & Cuatrec.

Jaumea multicaulis (Hutch.) Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59 (4, Beibl. 133): 23 (Mattfeld 1924) = Hypericophyllum multicaule Hutch.

‘Jaumea oliveri Vatke ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 348 (1891)’ [as cited in Index Kewensis] = Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz

Jaumea peduncularis (Hook. & Arn.) Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 395 (Oliver 1877) = Chaetymenia peduncularis Hook. & Arn.

Jaumea rotundifolia Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59 (4, Beibl. 133): 22 (Mattfeld 1924) = Hypericophyllum rotundifolia (Mattf.) D. J. N. Hind

Jaumea scabrida (N. E. Br.) Lawalrée, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19 (3): 224 (1949) = Hypericophyllum angolense (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Jaumea speciosa Lawalrée, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19 (3): 224 (1949) = Hypericophyllum elatum (O. Hoffm.) N. E. Br.

Jaumea tenuifolia Sch. Bip. ex Klatt, Leopoldina 23: 6 (1886 — a preprint, with separate pagination, of the final article); Leopoldina 23: 146 (1887) = Bartlettina karwinskiana (DC.) R. M. King & H. Rob.

Jaumea tessmannii Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59 (4, Beibl. 133): 23 (Mattfeld 1924) = Hypericophyllum tessmannii (Mattf.) G. V. Pope

Kleinia compositarum (Steetz) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 348 (1891) = Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz

Kleinia oliveri Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 348 (1891), nom. nud. = Hypericophyllum compositarum Steetz

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Hind, D.J.N. A synopsis of the African genus Hypericophyllum (Compositae: Heliantheae). Kew Bull 69, 9500 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-014-9500-6

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