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New Combinations in African Cucurbitaceae Blumea 55, 2010: 294 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea RESEARCH ARTICLE doi:10.3767/000651910X550945 New combinations in African Cucurbitaceae W.J.J.O. de Wilde1, B.E.E. Duyfjes1 Key words Abstract Eight new combinations are made for African Cucurbitaceae, two in the genus Neoachmandra, six in Pilogyne. Africa Bryonia Published on 9 December 2010 Cucurbitaceae Melothria Neoachmandra Pilogyne Zehneria With the breaking up of Zehneria Endl., De Wilde & Duyfjes Pilogyne marlothii (Cogn.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, comb. (2006) recognized the new genus Neoachmandra W.J.de Wilde nov. & Duyfjes, besides Zehneria. Subsequent molecular analysis Melothria marlothii Cogn., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30 (1888) (Schaefer et al. 2009, Cross et al. in prep.) indicates that both 152. — Type: Schinz 320 (lecto Z, designated by Meeuse 1962: 15), South genera should be united again. However, on morphological Africa, Cape Province. grounds, De Wilde & Duyfjes (2009a, b) chose to keep the genera apart, at the same time restricting Zehneria to its type- Pilogyne minutiflora (Cogn.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, comb. species Z. baueriana Endl. as sole species, and re-instating nov. Pilogyne Schrad. Both Neoachmandra and Pilogyne are wide- spread in the Old World, whereas Zehneria is restricted to Melothria minutiflora Cogn., in A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 3 (1881) 611. Norfolk Island (type) and New Caledonia. For naming DNA- — Type: Mann 2010 (holo K), Cameroon. samples to be used in ongoing molecular research (Cross et al. in prep.) a few species need names either in Neoachmandra Pilogyne parvifolia (Cogn.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, comb. or in Pilogyne: nov. Melothria parvifolia Cogn., Bull. Herb. Boissier 3 (1895) 420. — Syntypes: Neoachmandra gilletii (De Wild.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, Rehmann 8839, 8842 (Z), Natal, Durban. comb. nov. Melothria gilletii De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. 5, 3 (1909) 140, pl. Pilogyne scabra (L.f.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, comb. nov. 13. — Type: Gillet 3179 (holo BR), Republic Congo. Bryonia scabra L.f., Suppl. Pl. (1781) 423. — Type: Thunberg s.n. (holo UPS), South Africa, Cape Province. Neoachmandra hallii (C.Jeffrey) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, comb. nov. REFERENCES Zehneria hallii C.Jeffrey, J. W. African Sci. Assoc. 9 (1965) 83. — Type: Thonning s.n. (holo C), Ghana. Cross HB, De Wilde WJJO, Duyfjes BEE, De Knijff P, Gravendeel B. In Synonym: Neoachmandra deltoidea (Schumach.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes prep. Molecular phylogeny of Zehneria Endl. (Cucurbitaceae) and close (2009b), nom. illeg. (not Neoachmandra deltoidea (Arn.) W.J.de Wilde & relatives. Duyfjes 2006: 18). De Wilde WJJO, Duyfjes BEE. 2006. Redefinition of Zehneria and four new related genera (Cucurbitaceae), with an enumeration of the Australasian and Pacific species. Blumea 51: 1–88. Pilogyne emirnensis (Baker) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, comb. De Wilde WJJO, Duyfjes BEE. 2009a. Miscellaneous South East Asian nov. cucurbit news II. Reinwardtia 12: 405–414. De Wilde WJJO, Duyfjes BEE. 2009b. Miscellaneous cucurbit news III. Melothria emirnensis Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21 (1884) 346. — Type: Baron Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 61: 205–216. 2812 (lecto K, designated by Jeffrey 1967: 124), Madagascar. Jeffrey C. 1967. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Cucurbitaceae. Meeuse ADJ. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa. Bothalia 8, 1: Pilogyne keayana (R.Fern. & A.Fern.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes, 1–111. comb. nov. Schaefer H, Heibl C, Renner SS. 2009. Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numer- Zehneria keayana R.Fern. & A.Fern., Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 36 (1962) 144. ous oversea dispersal events. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: — Type: Keay FHI 37145 (holo K), Nigeria. 843–851. 1 Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis (section NHN), Leiden Uni- versity, P. O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; corresponding author e-mail: [email protected]. © 2010 Nationaal Herbarium Nederland You are free to share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work, under the following conditions: Attribution: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Non-commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No derivative works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work, which can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode. Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder. Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author’s moral rights..
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