Valeriana tripteris L., 1753

Krahulec, František, Kirschner, Jan & Krahulcová, Anna, 2023, Valeriana dacica, a distinctive tetraploid in the Eastern Carpathians, Phytotaxa 629 (3), pp. 210-222 : 216

Valeriana tripteris L.

= Valeriana tripteris var. heterophylla Baumgarten (1816: 57)

Type indication:—”β. intra Rupium fissuras scil. prope aquam mineralem Lövéte et in summo monte Hargita ” [Lueta; Harghita Mădăraș , 1801 m].

Type:—” Valeriana tripteris β. heterophylla / In saxosis montis Hargita Transsilvaniae” [Baumgarten scripsit; someone else added: “lgt Baumgarten”], Baumgarten ( CL, herb. Baumgartenianum, no. 8330!, lectotype, designated here), see Figs. 4 & 5 .

Note 1:—The rank of variety is clearly indicated by Baumgarten (the varietal epithet is preceded by an asterisk, and followed by the statement “Var. β”.

Note 2:—The epithet “ heterophylla ”was used several times for heterotypic names at the species rank in Valeriana [the oldest one being V. heterophylla Loiseleur (1806: 21) ]. Valeriana tripteris var. heterophylla has never been validated at the rank of species (although sometimes listed in databases as a valid species name, see above).

≡ Valeriana tripteris subsp. heterophylla (Baumgarten) Rostański in Pawłowski (1967: 357)

Figures

FIGURE 4. The herbarium label of the lectotype of the name Valeriana tripteris var. heterophylla Baumgarten (CL).

FIGURE 5. The lectotype specimen of the name Valeriana tripteris var. heterophylla Baumgarten (CL, herb. Baumgartenianum, no. 8330).