Italian alien species in Caryophyllaceae: nomenclatural remarks Author Iamonico, Duilio Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany, Section Environment and Landscape, Department PDTA, University of Rome Sapienza, 00196 Rome, Italy. text Phytotaxa 2020 2020-06-03 446 5 291 300 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.446.5.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.5.3 1179-3163 13878680 Gypsophila collina Steven ex Seringe (1824: 352) . Lectotype (designated here):— UKRAINE . circa Odessam, 1817, Steven s.n. (G00214241!, plant on the left). Image of the lectotype available at http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/chg/adetail.php?id=204613&base=img&lang=en Note:—This species was described in the 1 st volume of Candolle’s Prodromus by Seringe (1824: 352) who provided a short diagnosis, and the provenance (“circa Odessam”); the indication “(Stev! in litt.)” was also given. 1 C. Linnaeus had access to Joachim Burser’s (1583–1639) herbarium, which was organised and named using Bauhin’s principles; the Linnaean citations of Bauhin are linked to Burser’s specimens (see also Jarvis 2007 ). FIGURE 2. Caryophyllo flore tenuissimo dissecto from Bauhin (1623: 209) (UPS-Herb. Burser XI: 100!). FIGURE 3. Caryophyllo sylvestri, flore laciniato odoratissimo from Bauhin (1623: 210) (UPS-Herb. Burser XI: 102!). FIGURE 4 . Lectotype of the name Gypsophila elegans (LE01042983!). There is a sheet at G bearing two exsiccata (specimens) of which that on the left (code G00214241) is associated to the following label: “Steven 1817 | Gypsophila collina | circa Odessam”. Based on these scripts, and the information given by Seringe (1824: 352) in the protologue, G00214241 can be considered as part of the original material for Gypsophila collina . The plant matches Seringe’s protologue and corresponds to the current concept of the species (see e.g., Barkoudah et al. 1993 ).