Santolina orocarpetana sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Anthemideae), a new species from the Iberian Peninsula. Revision of the lectotype of S. oblongifolia Boiss. Author Rivero-Guerra, Aixa O. Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, avda. Reina Mercedes, E- 41012 Sevilla (Spain) & Centro de Investigação en Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrario de Vairão, rua Padre Armando Quintas-Crasto, 4485 - 661 Vairão (Portugal) rivero-guerra@hotmail.com text Adansonia 2012 3 2012-06-30 34 1 133 154 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n1a16 journal article 10.5252/a2012n1a16 6bc8f93f-8227-4361-9bef-0976c7102fe7 1639-4798 5205801 1. Santolina oblongifolia Boiss. Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum . Ser. II (3, 3), fasc. (1-6): 18 (1856) . — Type (as given in protologue): “In Hispania loco non notato (Herb. Pavon)”. — Lectotype (designated by Sánchez-Mata et al. [1994] ): Hispania , Pavon s.n. ( Fig. 1 [ G ]). REMARKS The lectotype shows two large flowering stems and a single sterile stem. The flowering stems are either not widened at the tip or only slightly widened.The widening observed on one of the stems appears to result from dessication or flattening of this stem. The leaves of the flowering stems are narrowly spatulate. As in the population that lives at high altitude, all the leaves of the sterile stems of the type are broadly spatulate. The capitula are very poorly preserved and the bracts were damaged during dissection by botanists. It is thus impossible to know how many external bracts were originally present. The morphological characteristics listed in Table 2 are essential to determine hybrid characters in Santolina ’s populations, however the poorly preserved capitula did not allow a complete examination of Boissier’s original material. Therefore, it is not possible to determine if the lectotype of S. oblongifolia has hybrid characteristics or not. However, the morphological characteristics of this sample in the G-BOISS herbarium suggests that it was probably collected at an altitude below 1800 m in a mixed population including S. oblongifolia , S . rosmarinifolia subsp. rosmarinifolia and their putative hybrids. Rivas Goday (1955) considered that probably Pavon collected the original material of S. oblongifolia in locations close to Casatejada (Cáceres). Casatejada is located south of Central System, at not more than 300 m , outside the altitudinal range of this taxon. The present evaluation of the original material of S. oblongifolia suggests that the lectotype does not match with the current use of the name.