Lilium martagon var. cattaniae Vis.

Rešetnik, Ivana & Bogdanović, Sandro, 2013, Typification of Lilium jankae A. Kern. and Lilium martagon var. cattaniae Vis., Candollea 68 (1), pp. 151-154 : 153

Lilium martagon var. cattaniae Vis. in Amico Campi 1: 113. 1865.

Lectotypus (here designated): CROATIA: In mont. Circa Much , s.d., Maria de Cattani s.n. ( PAD!) ( Fig. 2 ) .

History. – In the protologue VISIANI (1865) distinguished this variety from typical L.martagon L. in having “ L. phyllis perianthii extus glaberrimis, intus rubro-venosis unicoloribus”. In PAD we traced a specimen (individual on the left side) having the original Visiani’s autograph description of this taxon which is identical to the description given in the protologue. Moreover, Visiani refers to Maria de Cattani as the collector and Much (Muć) locality (Croatia) as the collection site, both of which are mentioned on the herbarium label. Thus this specimen can be considered as original material collected from the “locus classicus” and is designated here as the lectotype. On the same herbarium sheet (specimen on the right side) is also a plant referable to L. martagon collected on Biokovo (Croatia): “ Lilium Martagon L. / In umbrosis sylvatices mt Biokovo / Visiani s.d., s.n.”.

Taxonomic discussion. – The selected lectotype fully confirms the close relationship between L. martagon and L. martagon var. cattaniae and therefore the varietal rank is the most appropriate, which is also suggested by recent molecular analysis as it failed to distinguish the two taxa at a specific level ( MURATOVIĆ & al., 2010). The Linnaean taxon L. martagon was also recently typified by PERUZZI & JARVIS (2009) and the specimen from LINN (sheet No. 420.5) was selected as lectotype.

Figures

Fig. 2. – Lectotype of Lilium martagon var. cattaniae Vis. [specimen on the left side]. [Maria de Cattani s.n., PAD] [© Erbario Patavinum, Università degli Studi di Padova. Reproduced with permission]