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.

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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.

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