Typification of five plant names described based on specimens collected by Jozef Warszewicz in Central and South America
Author
Nobis, Marcin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1594-2418
Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3, 30 - 387 Krakow, Poland
Author
Klichowska, Ewelina
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9641-5750
Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3, 30 - 387 Krakow, Poland
ewelina.klichowska@uj.edu.pl
Author
Wolanin, Mateusz
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2461-5750
Institute of Biology and Biotechnology, Rzeszow University, Zelwerowicza 4, 35 - 601 Rzeszow, Poland
Author
Nobis, Agnieszka
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8318-8816
Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3, 30 - 387 Krakow, Poland
Author
Nowak, Arkadiusz
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8638-0208
Institute of Biology, University of Opole, 45 - 052 Opole, Poland & Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02 - 976 Warszawa, Poland
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PhytoKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.192.78409
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.192.78409
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Psammisia ramiflora
Psammisia ramiflora
Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 44 (1851). Type Protologue: In locis alpestribus Veraguae Americae centralis,
de Warszewicz
. Type: [label 1] Costa Rica et Veragua Chiriqui, [label 2] Zentral America, de Warszewicz s.n. (holotype, B destroyed, photograph at F! negative no. 4698, https://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/26/134/4698.jpg; lectotype, labeled by Leutyn in 2006 and designated here, Costa Rica and Veragua,
Warszewicz s.n.
G 352123!).
Remarks.
Psammisia
is a Neotropic genus of terrestrial or epiphytic shrubs from the
Ericaceae
family, consisting of ca. 50 species. Its distribution ranges from Costa Rica southward into Bolivia and eastward to French Guiana and Trinidad (
Wilbur and Luteyn 1978
;
The Plant List 2021
). Within the genus, one of the most variable morphologically is
Psammisia ramiflora
, known only from Costa Rica and Panama. The taxon was described by
Klotzsch (1851)
based on
Warszewicz's
gathering, destroyed during the war. During our studies, we found only one specimen collected by Warszewicz and determined by Klotzsch as
P. ramiflora
. The specimen is preserved in G herbarium. However, its label slightly differs from both, specified in the protologue and on the type specimen photographed by Macbride (F negative no. 4698). Nevertheless, it constitutes a duplicate of the holotype. In 2006, Luteyn labelled this specimen as the lectotype of the species; however, he did not designate it in publication. Thus, we here propose to designate the specimen preserved in G (https://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/chg/adetail.php?id=238797&base=img&lang=en) as the lectotype of
P. ramiflora
.