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

[Arthur Chapman]

I would look at Martius' Flora Brasiliensis - the last volume of which 
was published in 1906.

I don't know the numbers, but it would be quite high - but then it may 
have been published in fascicles - I don't have the details with me at 
the moment.

Arthur D. Chapman

Toowoomba, Australia

Guido Mathieu wrote:
>  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
>
>
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