Lectotypification of names in the genus Lycianthes (Solanaceae) Author Dean, Ellen A. Center for Plant Diversity, Department of Plant Sciences Mail Stop 7, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, U. S. A., email: eadean @ ucdavis. edu Author Reyes, Miriam Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70 - 367, 04510 México D. F., México text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-05-09 349 1 39 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.4 journal article 4070 10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.4 444d361b-db3d-4043-89d3-a216cf8d586a 1179-3163 4780043 Lycianthes inaequilatera (Rusby) Bitter (1919: 439) Bassovia inaequilatera Rusby (1896: 90) . Brachistus inaequilaterus (Rusby) Rusby (1907: 470) . Type ( lectotype , designated here):— BOLIVIA . [ La Paz : Prov. Larecaja] Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec 1892 , Bang 1708 ( NY barcode 00138545!, isolectotypes A barcode 00076919 [digital photo!], B [cited by Bitter (1919) , not seen; F photo negative not available], BM barcode BM- 000815915 [digital photo!], E barcode E00190709 [digital photo!], F barcode 0072756F [digital photo!], GH barcode 00077688 [digital photo!], K barcode K000585784 [digital photo!], LE barcode LE- 00016827 [digital photo!], M barcode M-0171840 [digital photo!], MICH barcode 1109881 [digital photo!], MO barcode 503604 [digital image!], NDG barcode 45053 [digital photo!], NY barcode 00138544!, NY barcode 00138546!, PH barcode 00030426 [digital photo!], US barcode 00027421!, US barcode 00027422!, US barcode 00811226 [digital photo!], W- 5612 [cited by Bitter (1919) , not seen], WRSL [cited by Bitter (1919) , not seen], WU [cited by Bitter (1919) ,not seen]; image of lectotype available at http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/. Nomenclatural notes :— Rusby (1896) cited one gathering, Bang 1708 , in the protologue with no herbarium or accession numbers specified. We were able to trace many duplicates of the gathering in herbaria worldwide: NY barcode 00138545, A barcode 00076919, B [cited by Bitter (1919) , not seen; F photo negative not available], BM barcode BM- 000815915, E barcode E00190709, F barcode 0072756F, GH barcode 00077688, K barcode K000585784, LE barcode LE- 00016827, M barcode M-0171840, MICH barcode 1109881, MO barcode 503604, NDG barcode 45053, NY barcode 00138544, NY barcode 00138546, PH barcode 00030426, US barcode 00027421, US barcode 00027422, US barcode 00811226, W- 5612 [cited by Bitter (1919) , not seen], WRSL [cited by Bitter (1919) , not seen], WU [cited by Bitter (1919) ,not seen]. These specimens completely agree with the protologue and can be safely considered as original material (Art. 9.3. of the ICN, McNeill et al . 2012 ). One of the specimens of Bang 1708 at NY ( NY barcode 00138545) is selected here as the lectotype for the name Bassovia inaequilatera . Taxonomic notes :—As discussed above under L. amatitlanensis , further study is needed to decide whether L. inaequilatera is a separate species or the same as L. amatitlanensis . Both species are small shrubs with strigose trichomes belonging to the cohesive series Strigulosae ( Bitter 1919 ).