Sabdariffa kitaibelifolia (A.St-Hil.) Barrett, Russell L., Yoshikawa, Vania Nobuko, McLay, Todd G. B., Duarte, Marília Cristina, Mwachala, Geoffrey & Hanes, Margaret M., 2025

Sabdariffa kitaibelifolia (A.St-Hil.) View in CoL M.C. Duarte & Yoshikawa, comb. nov.

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Hibiscus kitaibelifolius A.St-Hil., Fl. Bras, Merid. 4th edn, 1(7): 248, pl. 48 (1828). Type citation: ‘Ad ripas rivulorum haud longe ab urbe vulgo

S. João del Rey in provincia Minas Geraes. Florebat Martio. ’ Type: Brazil: Province de Minas Geraes, Lás João del Rey, 1816–1821, A.St.-Hilaire Catal. D n° 375 (lecto, here designated: P 02285919!; isolecto: P 02285920!, P 02285921!).

Hibiscus furcellatus var. glandulosus Hochr., Annuaire Cons. Jard. Bot. View in CoL Genève 4: 107–108 (1900). Type citation: ‘Brasil. (Glaziou n. 17466).’ Type: Brazil: près de S. J. d’el Rey , Minas, Env. de Rio de Janeiro, 1889, A. F. M . Glaziou 17466 (lecto, here designated: G 00353182 !; isolecto: C, K, P 06612081 !, P 06612082 !) .

Descriptions and illustrations

De Saint-Hilaire (1828, p. 248, pl. 48); Krapovickas and Fryxell (2004, p. 69); Rigueiral et al. (2019, pp. 13–14, fig. 4f–h); Coutinho and Fernandes-Júnior (2024, fig.).

Typification

Most type citations for Hibiscus kitaibelifolius have only listed the type as being at P. Given that there are three sheets, a lectotype is here selected that recognises the sheet P 02285919 as the best material due to the full information in the label .

We here designate G 00353182 as lectotype of Hibiscus furcellatus var. glandulosus as this has an original field label and original annotation by Hochreutiner .

Notes

We consider the protologue and illustration of Hibiscus quinquelobatus to be a very good match for Sabdariffa kitaibelifolia .

Distribution

Minas Gerais and São Paulo, Brazil.