Lectotypification of names in the genus Lycianthes (Solanaceae)
Author
Dean, Ellen A.
Author
Reyes, Miriam
Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70 - 367, 04510 México D. F., México
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Phytotaxa
2018
2018-05-09
349
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.4
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.4
1179-3163
Lycianthes furcatistellata
Bitter (1919: 401)
Type
(
lectotype
, designated here):—
COSTA RICA
. [
San José
:]
La Palma
,
1550 m
[approximately
10.049246
,
–83.988661
],
18 Dec 1888
,
Pittier 685
(
BR
barcode 000000552910 [digital photo!]; image of the
lectotype
is available at http://www.br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/ COLLECTIONS/HERBARIUM/detail.php?ID=503667)
.
Nomenclatural notes
:—
Bitter (1919)
cited three gatherings in the protologue:
Pittier 685
,
Tonduz 12612
, and
Wercklé 61
, and he cited the herbaria housing the specimens that he examined. We were able to locate the original material that he examined at B,
BR
, and
US
:
Pittier 685
(
BR
barcode 000000552910)
;
Tonduz 12612
(
US
No. 861202, barcode 00027877);
Wercklé 61
(B [specimen not seen; F photo negative available # 2573!]). The
Pittier
685
specimen at
BR
(
BR
barcode 000000552910) is selected here as the
lectotype
for the name
Lycianthes furcatistellata
.
Taxonomic notes
:—
Lycianthes furcatistellata
is a Central American shrub or vine with simple to dendritic, brown trichomes, leaves with rounded bases, long pedicels, and purplish, entire corollas.