Sesleria juncifolia Host (1809: 13)

Pietro, Romeo Di, Kuzmanović, Nevena, Iamonico, Duilio, Pignotti, Lia, Barina, Zoltan, Lakušić, Dmitar & Alegro, Antun, 2013, Typification of names in the Sesleria juncifolia species complex (Poaceae), Phytotaxa 152 (1), pp. 18-32 : 23-24

Sesleria juncifolia Host (1809: 13) , nom. illeg., non Suffren (1802: 113)

Lectotype (designated here): — CROATIA. Split-Dalmatia: Biokovo, 3 May, Host 113 ( W1885-0002432 !). Fig. 3 . Image available at: http://herbarium.univie.ac.at/database/detail.php? ID =256624

Other original material examined:— [Icon] Tab. 22 ( Host 1809).

Notes:—The name S. juncifolia was proposed by Host (1809) to describe plants from Dalmatia (“ in rupestribus Dalmatiae ”). The protologue includes a detailed morphological description, iconography (“ Tab. 22 ”), a description of the geographical area in which the specimen was collected (Dalmatia), and the species' habitat (cliffs). Among Host’s collections deposited in W (see Foggi et al. 2004) there is a single herbarium gathering of S. juncifolia ( W 1885-0002432) reporting the site of collection as “ Biocovo ”, a locality in the central Dalmatia area. This gathering bears four plant fragments, which probably belong to a single S. juncifolia individual, whose features match Host’s diagnosis. Corresponding in both morphological characters and collection locality, this specimen represents original material for the name Sesleria juncifolia . Having at disposal both a specimen and an illustration, we choose the specimen as the lectotype for this name.

Sesleria juncifolia Host (1809) is a later homonym of Sesleria juncifolia Suffren (1802) and is therefore illegitimate (Art. 53.1, McNeill et al. 2012). According to Deyl (1946), S. juncifolia Host is a synonym of S. tenuifolia Schrader (Deyl's annotation " Sesleria tenuifolia " is also present on the lectotype; Fig. 3 ), whereas according to Alegro (2007), S. juncifolia Host is a synonym of S. interrupta Visiani.

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FIGURE 3. Lectotype of the name Sesleria juncifolia Host (W1885-0002432). The label on the sheet reporting “Typus….Sesleria juncifolia Host….typificavit L. Pignotti (W) 2011-09-30” is not effective publication (Art. 7.9).