Lectotypifications of six taxa in Lycianthes (Solanaceae)
Author
Costa-Silva, Rafael
Author
Agra, Maria De Fátima
text
Phytotaxa
2018
2018-05-04
348
4
297
300
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.348.4.6
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.348.4.6
1179-3163
6.
Solanum asarifolium
Kunth & Bouché, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol.
10. 1845
Type
:—
A
plant cultivated in
Berlin
in 1842 from seeds from
Venezuela
,
Caracas
,
E
.
Otto
s.n.
(
Holotype
:
B
†, photo of
holotype
F-2562!;
lectotype
:
P00430541
!, designated here)
.
Accepted name.
Lycianthes asarifolia
(Kunth & Bouché)
Bitter (1919:423)
.
Notes
. The unnumbered collection of
E. Otto
at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle of Paris (P-430541) donated by the Herbarium of
Berlin
in 1855 is designated as
lectotype
. The
lectotype
is in good condition, showing a plant with roots, two well-developed leaves, and one flower. It corresponds to the protologue of
Solanum asarifolium
Kunth & Bouché
and is the only collection of Otto we have located.