Notes on the typification of fourteen names published by A. R. Franchet in Saussurea DC. (Asteraceae) Author Jibran, Muhammad Author Idrees, Muhammad Author Zhang, Zhiyong text Adansonia 2023 3 2023-04-11 45 8 115 139 journal article 10.5252/adansonia2023v45a8 1639-4798 7841520 Saussurea spatulifolia Franch. ( Fig. 11 ) Journal de Botanique (Morot) 2: 338 (1888) . LECTOTYPE (here designated). — China . Yunnan : in rupibus regionis altissimae tractus Likiang Suesschan , alt. 4500 m , 14.VIII.1886 , J.M. Delavay 2101 (lecto-, P[P00602912]!; isolecto-, P[P00602913]!). REMARKS S. spatulifolia was described by Franchet (1888) who cited one collection ( Delavay 2121 ) as type in the protologue, without indicating the herbaria where the specimen was deposited. Lipschitz (1962) cited TYPUS: ( Delavay 2101 ), in P [first-step], which is considered an inadvertent lectotyification according to Art. 7.11 of ICN ( Turland et al. 2018 ). We located two duplicate specimens in P (barcode 00602912-00602913). According to ICN, Arts 9.6, and 40 Note 1 ( Turland et al. 2018 ), none of them can be treated as holotype , but should be regarded as syntypes . We designate here the blooming specimen “ Delavay 2101 ” in P (P00602912) as the lectotype [second-step], in accordance with Art. 9.17 (ICN; Turland et al. 2018 ), since it is morphologically complete and well-preserved specimen that displays all the morphological diagnostic traits in agreement with the protologue.