Validation of the Name Ilex chimantaensis (Aquifoliaceae)

R. Kottaimuthu; Y. Mahesh; Harekrushna Swain

doi:10.3417/2024900

R. Kottaimuthu Botanical Survey of India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4732-3061
Y. Mahesh Botanical Survey of India
Harekrushna Swain Botanical Survey of India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2024900

Keywords: Aquifoliaceae, Guayana Shield, Ilex, nomenclature, Venezuela

Abstract

“Ilex chimantaensis T. R. Dudley” (Aquifoliaceae), a replacement name for I. sulcata Edwin, was not validly published because the author failed to supply a full and direct reference to the replaced synonym. Because the name is needed for an endemic Venezuelan species, it is validated here as I. chimantaensis T. R. Dudley ex Kottaim. by citation of the full reference.