Miconia spicata ( Gleason 1941: 253 ) Gamba & Almeda, 2018

Gamba, Diana & Almeda, Frank, 2018, New combinations in the Neotropical genus Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), Phytotaxa 357 (4), pp. 298-300 : 298

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.357.4.6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15057917
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787C3-FF96-FFFB-7F91-0C23EE6AF9BA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Miconia spicata ( Gleason 1941: 253 ) Gamba & Almeda
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Miconia spicata ( Gleason 1941: 253) Gamba & Almeda View in CoL , comb. nov.

Basionym: Ossaea spicata Gleason (1941: 253) .

Type: COLOMBIA. Intendencia El Chocó: dense forest south of Río Condoto, between Quebrada Guarapo and Mandinga , 120–180 m, 22–28 April 1939, Killip 35166 (holotype: NY-00245657 !; isotypes: BM-000603941 , online image! , COL-000003410 , online image! , US-00123705 , online image! ). Miconia spiciformis Gamba & Almeda (2014: 130) : nomen superfl. and illegit. Non Miconia spicata Macfadyen ex Grisebach (1860: 257) , invalid; pro. synonym of Miconia trinervis ( Macfadyen 1850 (2): 94) Grisebach (1860: 257).

When we created the new name Miconia spiciformis for this species as a replacement for Ossaea spicata we were under the impression that Miconia spicata Macfadyen ex Grisebach was a blocking name. When we consulted the International Plant Names Index throughout 2011–2013 (http://www.ipni.org/) there was no indication that the name is invalid.

We have subsequently learned that Miconia spicata was cited as a synonym of Miconia trinervis . According to Article 36.1 (c) of the ICN (International Code of Nomenclature) ( McNeill et al. 2012), a name is not validly published when it is merely cited as a synonym (“prosynonym”). Consequently, Miconia spiciformis must be rejected and the epithet “ spicata ” is available for the new combination in Miconia provided here.