Nomenclatural notes and typifications in Campanula versicolor (Campanulaceae) and related names
Author
Janković, Ivana
Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Author
Lakušić, Dmitar
Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Author
Pietro, Romeo Di
Author
Kuzmanović, Nevena
Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Phytotaxa
2017
2017-10-03
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.323.3.5
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.323.3.5
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Campanula versicolor
Andrews (1804
: t. 396)
Lectotype
(designated here):—ILLUSTRATION. plate CCCXCVI [tab. 396] in Andrews,
Bot. Repos.
6: t. 396 (1804)(available at http:// plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=111483&mobile=0&code_category_taxon=1)(
Fig. 1A
).
Epitype
(designated here):—
GREECE
. Parnas [Mt Parnassus], stene, krečnjak [limestone cliffs],
38.56761° N
,
22.56891° E
,
1564.2 m
a.s.l.,
21 August 2014
,
D. Lakušić, N. Kuzmanović & I. Janković
40045 (BEOU!)(
Fig. 2
).
Protologue information
:—“It was first raised from seeds brought to this country from
Greece
, by the late and much regretted Professor Sibthorp”.
FIGURE 1.
A. Lectotype of
Campanula versicolor
Andrews. B. Color
illustration of
C. versicolor
Sibthorp.
FIGURE 2.
Epitype of
Campanula versicolor
Andrews
(BEOU 40045!).
Note:
—The color illustration is published in the protologue together with the description, being part of original material. According to
Stafleu & Cowan (1976)
, the drawings in the Botanist‘s repository are made by Andrews based on the living specimens, and no herbarium material is known to exist for any of his drawings. The plant was raised from the seeds brought from
Greece
by Prof. Sibthorp (
Andrews 1804
). The description was made based on the living specimen as well. However, this species was discovered by John Sibthorp during his first field trip to the Mediterranean regions—
Greece
and
Asia Minor
in 1786–1787. Unfortunately, he died soon after the return from the second field trip made in between 1794–1795, before he was able to publish the large part of his work from the Mediterranean field trips, intended to be the part of his
Flora graeca
. During this first field trip, Sibthorp was accompanied by the artist Ferdinand Bauer, who made the botanical illustration including the one of
C. versicolor
(
Fig. 1B
)(
Stafleu & Cowan 1985
). The task of preparing and publishing Sibthorp‘s work was undertaken by J. Smith, who issued the first volume of „Flora Graeca prodromus“ two years after Andrews‘ publication. In that book, a short description of
C. versicolor
is also provided. However,
Campanula versicolor
Sibthorp
(in
Sibthorp & Smith 1806: 138
) is a later homonym of
C. versicolor
Andrews
and is illegitimate according to Art. 53 of the ICN.
In addition, for the purpose of the precise application of the name, the specimen preserved at the herbarium of the University of Belgrade (BEOU 40045) is designated here as
epitype
of
C. versicolor
. The habitus and capsule, as well as the dimension of
C. versicolor
, is not evident in the
lectotype
. Thus, an
epitype
representing the modern concept of the species is designated to support the
lectotype
. The material was collected on Mt Parnassus (
Greece
) which was one of the localities visited by Sibthorp during his expedition on the Balkan Peninsula in 1787 (
Bruce 1970
)(
Fig. 2
).