Nomenclatural notes on the Mediterranean firs (Abies, Pinaceae) Author Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo 0000-0001-7595-9302 Servicio de Vida Silvestre y Red Natura 2000, Centro para la Investigación y la Experimentación Forestal (CIEF), Generalitat Valenciana, Avda. Comarques del País Valencià 114, E- 46930 Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain & Bodega Ferrer-Gallego, 46311 Jaraguas, Valencia, Spain & flora. cief @ gva. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7595 - 9302 flora.cief@gva.es Author Laguna, Emilio 0000-0002-9674-2767 Servicio de Vida Silvestre y Red Natura 2000, Centro para la Investigación y la Experimentación Forestal (CIEF), Generalitat Valenciana, Avda. Comarques del País Valencià 114, E- 46930 Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain & laguna _ emi @ gva. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9674 - 2767 laguna_emi@gva.es Author Ferrer-Gallego, Raúl 0000-0002-0301-5334 Bodega Ferrer-Gallego, 46311 Jaraguas, Valencia, Spain & raul. ferrer @ vitec. wine; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0301 - 5334 raul.ferrer@vitec.wine text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-06-02 549 1 31 50 journal article 62924 10.11646/phytotaxa.549.1.3 92fe97d1-c3e7-4761-8bca-64f23b742f74 1179-3163 6605304 Abies numidica de Lannoy ex Carrière (1866: 106) The protologue of Abies numidica ( Carrière 1866: 106 ) includes a complete and extensive description of this plant, a diagnosis to differentiate it from A. pinsapo , and several comments about the locality: “confinée dans la Kabylie algérienne, cette ancienne province à laquelle les Romains avaient donné le nom de Numidie . Elle habite tout particulièrement les monts Tababor et Grand-Babor, à une altitude assez élevée pour que, dans certains endroits, la neige soit presque permanente”. The protologue also includes relevant comments referring to the studied gatherings: “A plusieurs reprises, il a eu l’obligeance de m’envoyer des échantillons à divers états de cette espèce, et c’est d’après ceux-ci que j’ai fait la description ci-dessus”. Farjon (2010: 108) mentioned “Type not designated”. We have located a specimen relevant at P, with barcode P00507232. This specimen bears a stem well preserved, with leaves, and a label annotated as “Herb. Mus. Paris. / Abies numidica Delannoy / Mt Tababor Kabylie province / In Constantine / Donné par M. Delannoy ” ( Fig. 7 ). Maybe this specimen could be treated as a “ syntype ”. However, it is clearly relevant that the specimen lacks any annotation by Carrière that undoubtedly links it to the material mentioned by Carrière in the prologue. The specimen does not have the collection date. In addition, there is also no evidence or any link to consider the specimen at P as part of the material sent by Lannoy to Carrière before the publication of the protologue. Therefore, unfortunately, this material cannot be indubitably considered as original material according to ICN Art. 9.4 . However, the specimen P00507232 is the only material that we have found collected by Lannoy in the localities cited in the protologue ( Constantine , Kabylie , Tababor ). The specimen is well preserved and clearly represents the traditional concept and current application of A . numidica ( Alizoti et al. 201, Farjon 2017 ). This material is designated as the neotype of the name .