[Taxacom] highest number of new species described in one paper

[Guido Mathieu]

 Vazrick Nazari wrote:
> I am trying to find out the largest number of species (or 
> taxa for that matter) new to science, described in a single
> taxonomic paper published post 1900.
> Anyone has a favorite example?

William Trelease published 214 new species in the genus Peperomia (Piperaceae)
and an additional 23 varieties in the
Flora of Peru (Macbride J.F. ed.) Publ. Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, Botanical Series 13(2): 3-253. 1936. 
Of these 237 taxa 40 have been synonymized in the meantime.

Guido Mathieu
www.peperomia.net