Typification notes on two synonyms of the moss Calymperes porrectum Mitt. (Calymperaceae): Syrrhopodon campylopus Müll.Hal. and Calymperes stylophyllum Müll.Hal.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural History Museum, London (BM). I am grateful to the curators in FH, G, H, H-Br, JE, L and PC for searching for original material of Calymperes stylophyllum and Syrrhopodon campylopus, especially to Sébastien Leblond (PC), Lionel Kervran (PC), Genevieve Tocci (FH) and Debra Turner (BM) for providing digital images of relevant specimens. Dr Jo Wilbraham (BM) is thanked for useful comments on the manuscript for this article, and I am grateful to R. Ochyra (KRAM) for suggested adjustments clarifying the nomenclatural statements.

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Notes

1 NB. Calymperes couguiense Besch. was neotypified by Ellis (2002). This typification may need revision owing to the discovery of previously unseen material in PC; specifically, PC0110234 “New Caledonia, Balansa s.n.”, held in a bound volume incorporating fragments separated from Bescherelle’s main herbarium, BM. As the author has seen this material only online, closer examination is required, but it is probably an appropriate specimen to serve as lectotype for C. couguiense Besch., replacing the neotype previously designated by Ellis (2002).