Elleanthus columnaris (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 483. 1861.

Dudek, Magdalena & Szlachetko, Dariusz L., 2021, Lectotypification of six names in the genus Elleanthus (Orchidaceae) described from J. J. Linden's collection, PhytoKeys 182, pp. 93-106 : 93

Elleanthus columnaris (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 483. 1861.

Evelyna columnaris Basionym: Evelyna columnaris Lindl., Orchidaceae Lindenianae 11. no. 62. 1846. Type: Venezuela, Trujillo, "Agua de Obispo and Sierra Nevada, at high of 9000 feet [2743 m], May to August", Linden 620; Lectotype (designated here): P (P00389742), drawing of the lectotype (K); Syntypes: Venezuela, Caracas, April 1842, Linden 620 (W-R51649); Agua de Obispo, prov. Truxillo, 7000 feet, May, Linden 620 (BR0000013083625); prov. Merida, Linden 620 (W-R17081); no thorough locality from Venezuela, Linden 620 (W-R51295).

Note.

In the protologue of Evelyna columnaris , Lindley (1846:11) cites, as the type, the collection named Linden 620 from 'Agua de Obispo and Sierra Nevada, at the height of 9000 feet, May to August’. We found that the collection labelled Linden 620 actually consists of six specimens deposited at W, P, BR and K herbaria. These specimens were collected at four distinct Venezuelan localities: Caracas, Agua de Obispo prov. Truxillo (=Trujillo), prov. Merida, the high Andes of Truxillo and Merida and the last one with no precise location. Thus, these specimens should be treated as syntypes (Art. 9.4 Shenzhen Code), with the Parisian one serving as the lectotype (Fig. 2 ). It contains not only vegetative parts, which are very well preserved, but also the inflorescence with many flowers. It was collected in the high Andes mountains in the Provinces of Trujillo and Merida, which corresponds to the protologue. A sheet kept at Kew bears a drawing of flower segments (a dorsal sepal, a lateral sepal, a petal and a lip) and a gynostemium, which were made, based on the original material.

Figures

Figure 2. Evelyna columnaris Lindl. Specimen Linden 620 at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (P 00389742) designated here as lectotype (CC BY 4.0; http: // coldb. mnhn. fr / catalognumber / mnhn / p / p 00389742).