Saussurea oligantha Franch., 1896

Jibran, Muhammad, Idrees, Muhammad & Zhang, Zhiyong, 2023, Notes on the typification of fourteen names published by A. R. Franchet in Saussurea DC. (Asteraceae), Adansonia (3) 45 (8), pp. 115-139 : 126

Saussurea oligantha Franch.

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Journal de Botanique (Morot) 10: 421 ( Franchet 1896b).

Saussurea oligantha var. oligolepis (Y.Ling) X.Y.Wu , Flora Tsinlingensis 1 (5): 361 ( Wu 1985). — Saussurea oligolepis Y.Ling, Contributions from the Institute of Botany. National Academy of Peiping 6 (2): 81 ( Ling 1949).

LECTOTYPE (here designated). — China. Se-tchuen (Sichuan) occidentalis, c. Tchen-Keou-tin, alt. 2500 m, P.G. Farges 35 (lecto-, P[P00602883]!; isolecto-, P[P00602884, P00602885]!).

REMARKS

In the protologue, Franchet (1896b) provided the following localities information: “Se-tchuen (Sichuan) occidentalis, circa Tchen-Keou-tin,alt. 2500 m, (P.G.Farges 35)”and “Prov.Hupeh (A. Henry 6640a)”, but did not indicate a holotype specimen. We located five original materials, all of them deposited in P: “ P.G. Farges 35 ” (P00602883, P00602884, P00602885), and “ A. Henry 6640a ” (P00705533, P00705534). According to Art.9.6 of ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), all these collections should be regarded as syntypes. According toStafleu & Cowan (1976), Franchet’ worked at P, and Delavay’s specimens were deposited in K and P.The specimens of P all bear the information “ Syntype S. oligantha Franch. ”, and it is necessary to select one of them as the lectotype (Art. 9.12 of ICN, Turland et al. 2018). We here designate the sheet “ P.G. Farges 35 ” in P (P00602883) as the lectotype since it is morphologicaly complete with the presence of stem, leaves, and flowers that fully agree with the protologue.

Figures

FIG. 9. — Lectotype of Saussurea oligantha Franch., Farges 35 (P00602883).