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 text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-05-09 349 1 39 46 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.