Abies brachytyla Franchet (1899: 258)

Khuraijam, Jibankumar Singh & Wiersema, John H., 2022, Typification of three names of Asian conifers, Phytotaxa 550 (3), pp. 295-300 : 299

Abies brachytyla Franchet (1899: 258)

≡ Picea brachytyla (Franch.) E.Pritz. in Diels (1900: 216)

[ Pinaceae ].

Lectotype (first-step: Rehder & Wilson in Sargent , Pl. Wilson. 2: 33. 1914; second-step: designated here):— CHINA. Sichuan [“ Sutchuen oriental: distr. de Tchen-Kéou-Tin”], 2500, P.G. Farges 806 (P barcode P00731326 [image!]); Isolectotypes: P barcodes P00731327, P00731328, P00731329, P00731330, & P00731334 [images!], K barcode K000554715 [image!], MO barcode MO-3237744 [image!], PE barcode PE 01901662, TNS barcode TNS 01114444 [image!].

Remaining syntypes: China. Yunnan [“ Les bois de Oua pin keou, sur le Ma eul chan, province du Yun-nan ”], 2500, 1889-8-7, J.M. Delavay 4129 (P barcodes P00731331, P00731332, P00731333[images!]).

Note: The current name Picea brachytyla (Franch.) E.Pritz. is based on Abies brachytyla Franch. In the protologue of Abies brachytyla, Franchet (1899) cited two gatherings (J.M. Delavay 4129 and P.G. Farges 806) and they are to be considered as syntypes. Farjon (2010, 2017) mentioned the syntypes at P for the name of this species and indicated that a type had not been designated, however already Rehder & Wilson (1914: 33) had accomplished a first-step lectotypification by citing Farges 806 as “type” but without indicating a herbarium of deposit. Because this gathering is represented in several herbaria, to fix the application of this name, we select a specimen with cone from one of the gatherings at P (P00731326) as a second-step lectotype ( Fig. 2 ). Although the same specimen was annotated “Type of Abies brachytyla Franch. ” by Fu and Li in 1995 and bears a “[LECTO] TYPE” herbarium sticker, this seems never to have been effectively published until now.

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FIGURE 2. Picea brachytyla (Franch.) E. Pritz. (lectotype). © MNHN collection-Paris.