The correct typification of (Commelinaceae).

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Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, 710, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil.

Published: June 2017

Here, we present evidence that the alleged correction of the typification of recently proposed by Pellegrini, Forzza and Sakuragui is erroneous. Furthermore, we clarify misconceptions concerning the epitype of , the specimen B-100521014, which was collected by Friedrich Sello in southern Brazil, and is not original material for .

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