Viola flos-idae Hieronymus (1881: 5)

Nicola, Marcela Viviana, Salomón, Luciana & Zuloaga, Fernando Omar, 2018, Nomenclatural and taxonomic study in species of Viola (Violaceae) from Argentina, Phytotaxa 338 (2), pp. 151-176 : 161

Viola flos-idae Hieronymus (1881: 5)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— ARGENTINA. San Juan: Cerro del Tontal, January 1876, S. Echegaray s.n. (CORD 00003349 [digital image!]).

Protologue citation:—“Se halla en el cerro del Tontal y en las orillas del arroyo de las Cabezeras cerca del Leoncito. En Enero con flores y frutos.”

Distribution:—Endemic of Argentina; known for the provinces of Mendoza, Neuquén, and San Juan.

Notes:—Georg Hieronymus based his publication of 1881 on plants collected by Saile Echegaray in San Juan province, Argentina. In the protologue Hieronymus cited two localities which coincide respectively with two specimen sheets, each containing a single plant. These were deposited at the Córdoba herbarium, Argentina. Both specimens match the protologue and include clear handwritten notes by Hieronymus. We selected the specimen with the barcode number CORD 00003349 as the lectotype because it presents more flowers in good condition. The other syntype cited in the protologue was: ARGENTINA. San Juan: arroyo de las Cabeceras en Leoncito, S. Echegaray s.n. (CORD 00003350 [digital image!]).

= Viola flos-idae Hieronymus (1881: 5) var. pseudovolcanica Hieronymus (1881: 7) .

Type: — Holotype, probably CORD (not extant). Neotype, designated here: ARGENTINA. San Juan : Iglesia , Parque Nacional San Guillermo, El Alero, 3500 m, 29º 14’ 52’’ S, 69º 22’ 53’’ W, 28 January 2013, L. Salomón 72 (neotype, SI 107035!). ( Fig. 3 )

Protologue citation:—“Esta variedad se halla con la forma genuina en el Cerro del Tontal [...]”

Notes:—Georg Hieronymus deposited his types collected in Argentina between 1872 and 1883 mainly at B and CORD, but also at GH, L, MO, NY, P, SP ( Stafleu and Cowan 1979). We were not able to locate any original material of this variety. Therefore we are designating a neotype, collected in the same province, San Juan, Argentina, which agrees with the protologue of Viola flos-idae var. pseudovolcanica .

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FIGURE 3. Viola flos-idae Hieronymus var. pseudovolcanica Hieronymus (synonym of V. flos-idae Hieronymus), digital image of the neotype L. Salomón 72 (SI 107035).