Prumnopitys andina reinstated as the correct name for “Ueuque”, the Chilean conifer recently renamed P. spicata (Podocarpaceae)

Abstract

SummaryMill, R. R. & Quinn, C. J.: Prumnopitys andina reinstated as the correct name for “lleuque”, the Chilean conifer recently renamed P. spicata (Podocarpaceae). – Taxon 50: 1143–1154. 2001. – ISSN 0040–0262.It is demonstrated that Prumnopitys andina (Poepp. ex Endl.) de Laub. (Podocarpaceae) is the correct name for the Chilean conifer, known locally as “lleuque”, which was recently renamed Prumnopitys spicata (Poepp.) Molloy & Muñoz‐Schick. Podocarpus spicatus R. Br. ex Mirb., a name that applies to the New Zealand species, Prumnopitys taxifolia (Sol. ex D. Don) de Laub, (based on Dacrydium taxifolium Sol. ex D. Don), commonly called “matai” or black pine, is validly published, and makes Pod. spicatus Poepp., upon which Molloy & Muñoz‐Schick based their new combination, illegitimate. Moreover, if Podocarpus L'Hér. ex Pers. is circumscribed broadly to include Prumnopitys Phil., the epithets of two of the three species discussed in this paper must be changed from those used legitimately under Prumnopitys. Pod. spicatus R. Br. ex Mirb. is the only available name for that species (matai) in Podocarpus, because Pod. taxifolius Kunth, applicable to a tropical South American species, Prumnopitys montana (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth. ex Willd.) de Laub, (known locally as “chaquiro”), antedates Dacrydium taxifolium D. Don, preventing the use of Don's epithet in Podocarpus. Chaquiro, currently called Pr. montana, would become Pod. taxifolius Kunth. Full synonymies of the names for the Chilean and New Zealand species and a limited synonymy for that of the tropical South American taxon are given.