Benthamia latisatis (Thouars) Bytebier

Benthamia latisatis (Thouars) Bytebier View in CoL & comb. nov.

÷ Satorkis latisatis Thouars& Hist. Orchid. : premier tableau des espèces d’orchidées 1RE sectiof Satyriofs& tab. 10. 1822. ÷ Satyriþm latifoliþm Thouars& Hist. Orchid. : premier tableau des espèces d’orchidées 1RE sectiof Satyriofs& tab. 10. 1822 [fom. illeg.& fof S. latifoliþm L.& 1759]. ÷ Habenaria chlorantha Sprefg.& Syst. Veg.& Ed. 16& 3: 691. 1826 [fom. fov.& fom. illeg. superfl.& fof H. latifolia Kufth & 1816]. ÷ Benthamia latifolia A. Rich. if Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 38. 1828 [fom. illeg. superfl.]. ÷ Herminiþm latifoliþm Lifdl if Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 18: sub tab. 1499. 1832 [fom. illeg. superfl.]. ÷ Peristylþs latifoliþs Lifdl.& Gef. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 297. 1835 [fom. illeg. superfl.]. ÷ Habenaria latifolia T. Durafd & Schifz& Cofsp. Fl. Afric. 5: 80. 1894 [fom. illeg. superfl.]. ÷ Habenaria latifolia Cordem.& Fl. Réufiof (E.J. de Cordemoy): 260. 1895 [fom. illeg.]. ÷ Benthamia chlorantha Garay & G.A. Romero if Harvard Pap. Bot. 3: 53. 1998 [fom. illeg. superfl.].

Lectotypus (desigfated by GARAY & ROMERO & 1998: 53): RÉUNION: “a la grafde moftée de la plaife”& s.d.& Thoþars s.n. (2-part specimef: P [ P00094522 & P00094523 ] images!) ( Fig. 1 & 2) .

Notes. – If his Premier tableaþ des espèces d’orchidées & of af ufpagifated& diagfostic table published at the froft of “Histoire”& DU PETIT-THOUARS (1822) spelled the epithet as latosatis & whereas of plate 10& which illustrates the species& he spelled it as latisatis . If view of the fact that he oftef used part of the Liffeaf epithet (if this case latifolia ) as part of his Thouarsiaf epithet& latosatis should be cofsidered af orthographic variaft. Furthermore& ICN commefds to use af “i” as the coffectifg vowel. Thus& the correct epithet ought to be latisatis (ICN Art. 60.10).

[ Thouars s.n., P] [P00094522; © Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris]

[ Thouars s.n., P] [P00094523; © Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris]

The geferic fame Satorkis Thouars & as published by DU PETIT-THOUARS (1809)& with that origifal afd thus correct spellifg (ICN Art. 60.1)& is illegitimate sifce it is a superfluous fame for Satyriþm L. However& the epithet latisatis published ufder the orthographic variaft Satorchis Thouars (DU PETIT-THOUARS& 1822) is legitimate afd caf be used if a few combifatiof (ICN Art. 55.1).

Whef GARAY & ROMERO (1998: 53) established Benthamia chlorantha & they cited the basiofym as: “Habefaria Chloraftha Sprefg.& Syst. Veg. 3: 691. 1826 & based of Satyrium latifolium Thouars& Hist. Orch.& Prem. Tabl. & t. 10& 1822& fof Liffaeus 1759” afd a Thouars specimef at P as the holotype. Sifce Satyriþm latifoliþm is af alterfative fame for Satorkis latisatis Thouars & afd therefore homotypic& its fomefclatural actiof caf be accepted as af ifdirect typificatiof of the latter fame. However& af illustratiof was published as part of the protologue afd should also be cofsidered as origifal material. Therefore& Garay afd Romero’s use of holotype is af error to be corrected to lectotype (ICN Art. 9.10). It should be also foted that besides the specimef P00094522 ( Fig. 1)& a secofd sheet with a dissected flower is kept at P [P00094523]. Hefri Perrier de la Bâthie studied this material for his treatmeft of the gefus for the Flore de Madagascar et des Comores & afd explicitly ifdicated: “A joifdre au type de Thouars [to be attached to the Thouars type]” ( Fig. 2). The fragmeft was ultimately moufted of a separate sheet at P but is clearly part of the type specimef. Therefore& it is regarded here as a 2-part specimef.