Etienne-Pierre Ventenat (1757 - 1808) and the gardens of Cels and Empress Joséphine Author Callmander, Martin W. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. Author Durbin, Olivier D. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. Author Lack, Hans-Walter Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. Author Bungener, Patrick Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. Author Martin, Pascal Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. Author Gautier, Laurent Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, C. P. 60, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland. text Candollea 2017 2017-03-30 72 1 87 132 journal article 20462 10.15553/c2017v721a8 acfdbf0a-a444-4a6d-a27f-2fbb27a6893b 2235-3658 5721919 15. Celsia lanceolata Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv. : tab. 27. 1801. Lectotypus (designated here): [ IRAQ ]: Hort. Cels , Ventenat s.n. ( G [ G00341500 ]!; isolecto-: G-BOIS [ G00330749 ]!). = Verbascum assurense Bornm. & Hand. -Mazz. Notes . – The name Celsia lanceolata has been validated in Descriptions in 1801 based on a Bruguière and Olivier collection from Iraq (between Mosul and Baghdad ) and cultivated in Cels’s garden. The specimen in Ventenat’s herbarium from Cels’s garden is designated here as the lectotype with a duplicate in G-BOIS. Four specimens collected between Mosul and Baghdad by Bruguière and Olivier have been located in G-BOIS [G00330748, G00330750] and P [P03287379, P03287380]. They are here considered as elements of original material. Huber-Morath (1981: 25) in his revision of Verbascum L. for Flora Iranica did not cite any type for Celsia lanceolata .