Morphological and nomenclatural notes on Dianthus ciliatus subspecies (Caryophyllaceae) Author Terlević, Ana 0000-0003-0203-0695 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20 / II, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia ana.terlevic@biol.pmf.hr Author Ljubičić, Ivica 0000-0001-6109-6016 Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia iljubicic@agr.hr Author Tokić, Petar Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia Author Rešetnik, Ivana 0000-0002-0346-8675 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20 / II, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia ivana.resetnik@biol.pmf.hr Author Shuka, Donald 0000-0002-8004-1114 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bld. ZOG I, Tirana, Albania donald.shuka@univlora.edu.al Author Siracusa, Giuseppe 0000-0002-1989-6906 Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy giuseppe.siracusa@unict.it Author Bogdanović, Sandro 0000-0002-1952-6059 Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia sbogdanovic@agr.hr text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-08-01 661 3 213 234 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.661.3.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.3.1 1179-3163 14516712 5. Dianthus racemosus Visiani (1829: 12) Lectotype (designated here):— CROATIA . Dalmatia. Sib.co [Sibenico] in colle S . Giorgio , Visiani s.n., s.d. ( PAD-HD05069 !, right specimen). Notes: — Dianthus racemosus was described by Visiani (1829) , who cited a specimen from Šibenik in Dalmatia: “ Sib. co [Sibenico] in colle S. Giorgio ”. The protologue includes a morphological description and the indication of the geographical area in which the species occurs: “ In agri Sibenicensis collibus humilioribus asperis alle Torette, S. Giorgio et Jaderae ”. In PAD herbarium we found a Visiani specimen (PAD-HD05069!) that certainly is original material, and here we select the right individual as lectotype .A confusion with the name D. racemosus happened when Visiani provided an illustration of two plants of D. racemosus in the second volume of his Flora Dalmatica (1847: fig. 1a and fig. 1b on table 35). In fact, the plants shown on his table 35 clearly belong to two different taxa. Twentythree years later, Visiani in the third volume of his Flora Dalmatica (1852: 162) made a new combination: “ Dianthus ciliatus var. racemosus ”. This name is superfluous because Visiani cited D. ciliatus b. litoralis as a synonym, referring to Reichenbachs’ Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae 6 ( Reichenbach 1844: 47 , pl. 226, fig. 5047). The name Dianthus racemosus is validly published and today is accepted and treated as a synonym of D. ciliatus subsp. ciliatus . Other original material examined: — CROATIA . In coll. Dalm. Visiani s.n., s.d. (HAL-11254!).