Buddleja albotomentosa Fries (1903: 411)

O’Leary, Nataly, 2015, Typification and nomenclatural notes on twenty-three names of Buddleja (Schrophulariaceae), Phytotaxa 234 (3), pp. 237-245 : 239

Buddleja albotomentosa Fries (1903: 411)

Type (lectotype, first-step designated by Norman 2000: 84):— ARGENTINA. Jujuy: Quinta, Laguna de la Brea, 31 May 1901, R. E. Fries 43 ( S!, two sheets; second-step lectotype, here designated S No. S-R-751! [digital image], isolectotype S No. 09-43531! [digital image]) .

Notes:—The protologue of this species stated: “…Gegend von Sierra Sta. Barbara (in nördlichen Argentinien)…” [area of Sierra Sta. Barbara (in northern Argentina)]. Norman (2000: 84) designated a collection Fries 43, from Laguna La Brea, as lectotype which belongs within Sta. Barbara department, so it is a suitable choice.

In S herbarium two duplicate specimens exist with the number Fries 43 (S-R-751 and S 09-43531), so that Norman’s designation can be considered as a first-step typification (Art. 9.17, Ex. 12 of the ICN, McNeill et al. 2012). One of them has a label by Norman that reads: “ holotype ”, and the other has a label that reads “ isotype ”. Other things being equal (e.g. the quality of the specimens), even if Norman’s annotations on the specimens have no binding effect (see Art. 7.9 of the ICN, McNeill et al. 2012), the specimen annotated as “ holotype ” by Norman is here designated in a second-step-typification, and the one that reads isotype becomes an isolectotype.

Current status:—heterotypic synonym of Buddleja stachyoides Chamisso & Schlechtendal (1827: 597) .