Correction of the typification of Corydalis solida var. bracteosa and lectotypification of C. densiflora (Papaveraceae)
Author
Conti, Fabio
Author
Uzunov, Dimitar
CHLORA, San Fili 87037 (Cosenza, Italy).
Author
Dc, Fabrizio Bartolucci
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Phytotaxa
2015
2015-02-16
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3
222
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.197.3.6
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Corydalis densiflora
C.Presl
in
Presl & Presl (1822: 10)
Type
(
lectotype
, here designated):—SICILY. Scalamadaggio,
June 1817
,
C
. Presl s.n.
(
PRC
454783!).
Note
:—
Corydalis densiflora
was described from Sicily “in nemorosis Nebrodum” (
Presl 1822
). We traced in
PRC
a specimen collected by Presl in 1817 at “Scalamadaggio”, a locality in Madonie mountains (“Nebrodi” in classical times). Thus, this specimen clearly conforms to the information provided by the protologue and is here selected as the
lectotype
. According to the study of type material, we can consider
C. densiflora
as endemic to
Italy
and
Sicily
(
Peruzzi
et al.
2014
, continuously updated at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiJpWnsqul0MdG1hSk k1azBjN3BoLXB4VTAzc3l1Smc#gid=0). This taxon is recorded for central-southern
Italy
in
Umbria
,
Lazio
, doubtful in
Abruzzo
,
Basilicata
,
Calabria
and
Sicilia
(
Conti
et al.
2005
,
Del Vico
et al.
2014
). During field investigations undertaken in 2013 we were able to confirm the presence of
C. densiflora
in
Abruzzo
and to identify as
C. densiflora
a population from
Marche
recently reported as
C. solida
(
Gubellini
et al.
2014
)
. However, our observations on fresh material and the study of herbarium specimens in
APP
,
BC
,
CAT
,
CLU
,
L
,
LD
,
MA
,
MPU
,
P
,
PAL
and
PRC
evidenced a certain degree of morphological variability within
C. densiflora
, seemingly linked to geographical distribution.
A
biosystematic study is in progress to investigate this topic (Conti
et al.
2014).