Abies marocana Trabaud (1906: 154)

Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo, Laguna, Emilio & Ferrer-Gallego, Raúl, 2022, Nomenclatural notes on the Mediterranean firs (Abies, Pinaceae), Phytotaxa 549 (1), pp. 31-50 : 41

Abies marocana Trabaud (1906: 154)

≡ A. pinsapo subsp. marocana (Trab.) Emberger & Maire (in Maire 1928: 245)

≡ A. pinsapo var. marocana (Trab.) Ceballos & Bolaños (1928: 18)

Type (lectotype designated here):—[ MOROCCO], Chefchaouen, 1905, A. Joly s.n. (MPU barcode MPU007733 !) ( Fig. 5 ). Isolectotype: MPU007735! (image available at https://herbier.umontpellier.fr/zoomify/zoomify.php?fichier=MPU007735).

= Abies tazaotana Côzar ex Huguet del Villar (1947: 79)

≡ A. pinsapo subsp. tazaotana (Côzar ex Huguet del Villar) Govaerts (1995: 6)

- A. pinsapo var. tazaotana (Côzar ex Huguet del Villar) Pourtet & Turpin (in Rol et al. 1954: 100) (comb. inval., ICN Art. 41.4)

Type (neotype designated here):—[ MOROCCO], W Rig, Jbel Tassaout , en el centro del pinsapar, 7 Jun. 2005, 35º11’00’’N 5º05’14’’W, 1616 m, S.Talavera & A. Terrab 752/05 (SEV number SEV 277703 !) ( Fig. 6 )

Remarks: Huguet del Villar (1947: 79) described Abies tazaotana providing a description. No specimens or illustrations were cited in the protologue.

In addition, we have not found any original material of A. tazaotana in the herbaria consulted (i.e., BM, K, MA, MAF, MPU, P, etc.). Accordingly, in the absence of any other extant original material, a neotype can be designated according to Art. 9.8 of the ICN.

In this sense, a modern specimen with available molecular data (AFLP and cpSSR), that was used and cited by Terrab et al. (2007), Sánchez-Robles et al. (2014), and Balao et al. (2020) is selected as the neotype. This specimen was collected in Jbel Tazaot (NW Morocco) and is preserved at SEV, with number SEV 277703 ( Fig. 6 ). The provenance of the neotype matches the natural distribution of A. tazaotana . Further, the specimen (a complete and well preserved branch with leaves and male cones) clearly represents the traditional concept (see e.g., Huguet del Villar 1947, Franco 1950, Maire & Weiller 1952) and the current application of the name (see e.g., Quézel & Barbero 1990, Quézel 1991, Arista & Talavera 1994, Govaerts 1995, Conifer Specialist Group 1998, Esteban et al. 2009, Linares 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Lectotype of Abies marocana Trabaud, MPU (barcode MPU007733). Photography courtesy of Herbarium MPU; reproduced with permission.

FIGURE 6. Neotype of Abies tazaotana Côzar ex Huguet del Villar, SEV (number SEV 277703). Photography courtesy of Herbarium SEV; reproduced with permission.