Erratum: Toward a New Generic Delimitation in Polygalaceae III: Macropolygala J. F. B. Pastore, a Replacement Name for Chodatia (Paiva) J. F. B. Pastore, Nom. Illeg.

José Floriano Barêa Pastore; Agustina Martinez; Raquel Negrão; John Richard  Abbott; Felix Forest; William J. Baker; Catherine McGinnie; Katherin Restrepo-Sulez; Yinhuan Wang; Michelle Mota; Olivier Maurin

doi:10.3417/20261060

José Floriano Barêa Pastore Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Agustina Martinez Universidad Nacional del Comahue CONICET https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4768-664X
Raquel Negrão Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
John Richard Abbott University of Arkansas
Felix Forest Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
William J. Baker Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Catherine McGinnie Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Katherin Restrepo-Sulez Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Yinhuan Wang Chongqing Normal University
Michelle Mota Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Olivier Maurin Meise Botanical Garden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/20261060

Abstract

After publication of our recent article in the Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Volume 111 (published 6 March 2026; Pastore et al., 2026), we discovered that the generic name Chodatia (Paiva) J. F. B. Pastore had already been used for an algal genus, Chodatia Hansgirg (1903). Because algae are governed by the same International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants, Chodatia (Paiva) J. F. B. Pastore is therefore a later homonym and illegitimate under Article 53.1 of the Code (Turland et al., 2025). As the name commemorates the Swiss botanist Robert Hippolyte Chodat (1865–1934), whose work was particularly important in Polygalaceae but also extended to other angiosperms and to phycology, especially green algae, the prior use of the name in algae is perhaps not surprising. We therefore provide the necessary correction and propose Macropolygala J. F. B. Pastore as a replacement name (nomen novum) for Chodatia (Paiva) J. F. B. Pastore.

The following nomenclatural changes are therefore required.