Identification and lectotypification of the Solanaceae from Vellozo´s Flora Fluminensis

Abstract

We review the 68 names of plants treated in genera treated or now recognised as Solanaceae from J.M. da C. Vellozo´s Flora Fluminensis in the context of current floristic knowledge of the region around Rio de Janeiro in southern Brazil. Most of Vellozo?s names are synonyms of names previously published or are illegitimate later homonyms, but several are accepted and in widespread use. Two names do not belong to solanaceaeous taxa, but to species in Apocynaceae and Violaceae respectively. We provide lectotypifications for all names, including those previously lectotypified using the published plates that do not qualify as original material. Type localities, previous lectotypifications and current accepted names are provided for all taxa.