Lycianthes multiflora Bitter (1919: 361)

Dean, Ellen A. & Reyes, Miriam, 2018, Lectotypification of names in the genus Lycianthes (Solanaceae), Phytotaxa 349 (1), pp. 39-46 : 43

Lycianthes multiflora Bitter (1919: 361)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— COSTA RICA. Cartago: Las Vueltas, Tucurrique, 635 m, Jan 1899, Tonduz 13173 (M barcode M-0165975 [digital photo!], isolectotypes B [not seen; F photo negative available # 2584], BM barcode 000775268 [digital photo!], ENCB barcode ENCB003797 [digital photo!], G barcode G00343135 [digital photo!], K barcode K000585740 [digital photo!], LD barcode 1688216 [digital photo!], US [cited by Bitter (1919), not seen], W- 12658 [cited by Bitter (1919), not seen]; image of lectotype available at https://plants.jstor.org/stable/viewer/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.m0165975).

Nomenclatural notes:— Bitter (1919) cited three gatherings in the protologue, and he cited the herbaria that housed the specimens he examined. We were able to locate very few of the specimens from the original material that Bitter examined at B, M, US, and W: Tonduz 13173 (M barcode M-0165975, B [not seen; F photo negative available # 2584], US, [cited by Bitter (1919), not seen], W- 12658 [cited by Bitter (1919), not seen])); Tonduz 9308 (B [not seen; F photo negative not available], BR barcode 000000563193); Tonduz 14732 (B [not seen; F photo negative not available]). The specimen of Tonduz 13173 at M (M barcode M-0165975) is selected here as the lectotype for the name L. multiflora .

Taxonomic notes:— Lycianthes multiflora is a very common vine in Costa Rica, but its species and geographic boundaries need further study. It has dendritic trichomes and white corollas.