Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on some names of Sesleria sect. Argenteae (Poaceae) from Italy and the Balkans Author Pietro, Romeo Di 0000-0003-4983-8931 Department PDTA, University of Rome Sapienza, 00196 Rome, Italy & romeo. dipietro @ uniroma 1. it; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4983 - 8931 Author Kuzmanović, Nevena 0000-0003-3463-5541 Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia & nkuzmanovic @ bio. bg. ac. rs; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3463 - 5541 nkuzmanovic@bio.bg.ac.rs Author Lakušić, Dmitar 0000-0001-6708-6652 Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia & dlakusic @ bio. bg. ac. rs; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6708 - 6652 dlakusic@bio.bg.ac.rs Author Viciani, Daniele 0000-0003-3422-5999 Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy & daniele. viciani @ unifi. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3422 - 5999 daniele.viciani@unifi.it Author Fortini, Paola 0000-0003-4481-2126 Department of Bioscience and Territory, University of Molise, 56090 Pesche (Iernia), Italy & fortini @ unimol. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4481 - 2126 fortini@unimol.it Author Iamonico, Duilio 0000-0001-5491-7568 Department of Biology, Botany Unit, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy & d. iamonico @ yahoo. it; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5491 - 7568 d.iamonico@yahoo.it text Phytotaxa 2021 2021-03-31 494 1 89 102 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.5 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.5 1179-3163 5423336 3. Sesleria robusta Schott, Nyman & Kotschy (1854: 1) Type :— CROATIA . Dalmatia , Mt. Promina , [s.d.] Malý, F. s.n . ( lectotype , designated by Di Pietro et al. 2017 , W1885-0002336!, image of the lectotype available at http://herbarium.univie.ac.at/database/detail.php?ID=256613) . = Sesleria nitida Ten. var. intermedia Beck (1903: 27) . Type :— BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA . Otiš in der Prenj , 1888 , Beck s.n. ( lectotype , designated here , PRC !, Fig. 4 ). Notes on Sesleria nitida var. intermedia :— Beck (1903) published this taxon with a short diagnosis (“β intermedia . Ko i pregjašnja, ali je i prividni klas jajast do kratko valjkast, od proloke 2–3-cm, dugačak, 8–10 m debeo” = “As before [ var. nitida (sub var. α typica )], but the spike is also apparently ovate to cylindrical, 2–3 cm long, 8–10 mm wide); no specific locality was mentioned. Beck’s Herbarium is preserved at PRC and W (see HUH Index of botanists 2013 onwards). We traced two specimens in PRC , both preserved in the collection “Plantae Bosniae et Hergegovinae” (as indicated on the original labels). The notes left by Beck on these two specimens are the following: “ Sesleria nitida var. intermedia | Otiš in der Prenj [a mountain of Dinaric Alps in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina ] Pl. 1888 Beck ” and “ Sesleria nitida v. intermedia | Auf der Bjelašnica [a mountain of Dinaric Alps in central Bosnia and Herzegovina ] 1888 Beck ”. These two specimens are part of the original material and agree to Beck’s diagnosis. According to the current concept in Sesleria ( Kuzmanović et al. 2017 ) and our expert knowledge, they should be classified as S. robusta . We here designate the specimen collected at Prenj mountain as the lectotype of the name Sesleria nitida var. intermedia ( Fig. 4 ).