Sida repens Dombey ex Cav., Diss.

Sida repens Dombey ex Cav., Diss. 1, Diss. Bot. Sida 7. 1785.

Lectoype (designated here): PERU, s.l., Dombey J. s.n. (MA [MA656279 digital image!]). Fig. 4

Notes: The herbarium and types of Cavanilles are at MA, and many of his names are based on specimens in P, P-LA, and P-JU (Stafleu and Cowan, 1976). As the name S. repens is published based on Dombey’s collection, search for the specimen was attempted in MA as well as P. Two specimens of S. repens collected by Dombey at P could be traced which matches well with the protologue description. Moreover, one specimen (MA-656279) from ‘ Cavanilles Type collection’ section was found at MA and as per the discussion with Eva Garcia Ibanez , Curator of the herbarium, Joseph Dombey was part of Ruiz & Pavon’s expedition to Peru, which took place between 1778 and 1788. Some of the herbarium specimens of this expedition were taken out by Cavanilles in order to create his separate ‘ Type collection’. With this in mind, the specimen which is part of ‘ Cavanilles type collection’ is selected here as lectotype .

Additionally, the specimen (MA-656279) bears the number ‘29787’ on a small label, which was added to the specimen at the beginning of the 20 th century, when it was on loan to the Field Museum ( USA). The number ‘29787’ was used in some publications ( Fryxell, 1985) and electronic database (Tropicos), but it is added to the sheet when the specimens was lodged and renumbered at the Field Museum ( USA), and it is neither a ‘collection number’ nor an accession number or barcode number added by MA.