Typification of some names in the genus Sesleria (Poaceae)
Author
Alonso, Alicia
Author
Acedo, Carmen
Author
Pietro, Romeo Di
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Iamonico, Duilio
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Llamas, Félix
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Phytotaxa
2016
2016-03-29
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.253.3.2
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.253.3.2
1179-3163
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4.
Sesleria sphaerocephala
Arduino (1764: 20)
Lectotype
(designated here):―[Icon] t.
7 in
Arduino (1764
, image available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=4173).
Epytype
(designated here):―
ITALY
.
Bolzano
,
Alpes Dolomitas
,
entre Forcella Sassolungo y
Passo Sella
, QS1054,
2200–2680 m
, entre calizas dolomíticas,
21 July 1990
,
Giráldez et al. s.n.
(MA-487647!). Fig 4.
Notes
:—
Arduino (1764: 21‒22)
described
Sesleria sphaerocephala
through a detailed diagnosis and he provided an illustration (“Tab. 7”) which is part of the original material for that name. This author also pointed out that his
S. sphaerocephala
is different from the plant Scheuchzer (1708: 18) described as “
Gramen alpinum enode
spica
parva
subrotunda
ferruginea
”. Since no specimens were considered as original material, we traced that Arduino’s image appears to be the only element eligible as
lectotype
. As interpretive specimen, we here designate an
epitype
preserved at MA.