AVANCES EN CIENCIAS E INGENIERÍAS ARTÍCULO/ARTICLE SECCIÓN/SECTION B Catálogo de especímenes tipo del Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE), Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales Diana Fernández-Fernández1∗, Efraín Freire M.1, Marcia Peñafiel C.1, Giovanna Romero1, Fanny Tello1,2 y Elsa Toapanta3 1Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Herbario Nacional QCNE, Av. Río Coca E6-115 2 e isla Fernandina. Casilla Postal 17-07-8976, Quito, Ecuador. Ministerio de Ambiente del Ecuador, calle Madrid 1159 y Andalucía, Código Postal: 170517, Quito, Ecuador. 3Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, calle Rumipamba s/n, entre Burgeois y Av. Atahualpa Casilla Postal 17-01-2764, Quito, Ecuador. *Autor principal/Corresponding author, correo electrónico:
[email protected] Editado por/Edited by: Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, PhD(c) Recibido/Received: 2015/02/23. Aceptado/Accepted: 2015/05/04. Publicado en línea/Published online: 2015/05/22. Impreso/Printed: 2015/06/01. Catalogue of type-specimens of the Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE), Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales Abstract The type-specimen collection of the Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE) preserves im- portant vouchers from across Ecuador collected by Ecuadorian and foreign researchers. Types are of paramount importance to understad biodiversity because their designation is a requirement for the description of new species. We present a synopsis of the type-specimen collection and a catalogue of Ecuadorian primary types (holotypes, isotypes, neotypes and isoneotypes) held at the QCNE herbarium. In total, 1890 QCNE specimens are designated as nomenclatural types, including 206 holotypes, 632 isotypes, two neotypes and isoneoty- pes, eight clonotypes, and 1040 paratypes of 828 species, 13 subspecies, six varieties, and one form in 101 families and 296 genera.