Lectotypification of five names in the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in China Author Wang, Wenqiao National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Resources and Agriculturalization Research Institute, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China Author Su, Zhiwei Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China Author Ma, Zhonghui National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Resources and Agriculturalization Research Institute, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China mazhonghui@gxu.edu.cn text PhytoKeys 2020 2020-12-21 170 71 81 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.170.59527 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.170.59527 1314-2003-170-71 A46BB2EE2D1B55A080E7F60F37B41328 Stellaria depressa Em. Schmid, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 41 (1932) Lectotype (designated here):-China, Tschu-sang-po, am Lanak-La, August 13, 1927, Bosshard s.n. (Z000002693 digital image!, Figure 1 ; Isolectotypes: China, Aksai-Chin, Bosshard s.n. , Z barcode Z000002691 digital image!, China, Ladakh, Zingrul, Bosshard s.n. , Z barcode Z000002692 digital image!). Figure 1. Lectotype of S. depressa Em. Schmid (Walter Bosshard, Bosshard s.n. , Z000002693). Note. When Schmid first described S. depressa , he cited three specimens " Bosshard s.n. , 16. VII. 1927; Bosshard s.n. , 13. VIII. 1927; Bosshard s.n. , 5. IX. 1927" collected by Bosshard from Ladakh and Tibet, but he didn't designate any one of them as holotype in the protologue. According to Stafleu and Cowan (1993) , Bosshard's specimens were deposited in W and Z. We traced three specimens of S. depressa collected by Bosshard deposited in Z (Z000002693 digital image!, Z000002691 digital image!, Z000002692 digital image!). Although they were collected by Bossard at different time, it seems that they were treated as types since they all have the label "Typus" . However, according to Arts. 9.1, 9.6, and 40 Note 1 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018 ), none of them can be treated as holotype, but all should be considered as syntypes. Given a label on the specimen sheet with the description matching the protologue of S. depressa , its good preservation, and the perfect presence of flower and inflorescence, Z000002693 is designated here as the lectotype according to Art. 9.3 and 9.4 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018 ).