Primula forbesii Franch.

Kovtonyuk, Nataliya & Durand-Andro, Véronique, 2019, Typification of Primula L. taxa names (Primulaceae), described by A. Franchet in 1886 from China and Eastern Tibet, Adansonia (3) 41 (9), pp. 75-89 : 78

Primula forbesii Franch.

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In Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 33: 64 (1886). — Hu & Kelso, Flora of China 15: 116 (1996); Richards , Primula : 121 (2003). — In protologue: “[ China] Yun-nan, Tapintze près de Tali, dans les marais et au bord des canaux – Avril 1884. (Delavay, nos 311 et 858) .

SYNTYPES. — France. Herb. Mus. Paris, Plantes de Chine (Province Yun-nan), Primula forbesii , in orizetis prope Tapin-tze, IV.1884, Delavay 858 (syn-, E[E00024171]!; G[G00440585, G00440586]!; K[K000750036]!; LE[LE01031990]!; MPU[MPU022035, MPU022036]; NY[NY00329542]; P[P01029599].

China (Yunnan). Lieux marécageux, bord des rizières (commune), fl. roses, fleurit tout l’hiver et le printemps. Ta-pin-tze, près de Ta-li, 6.II.1885, Delavay 858 (syn-, P[P04567401, P04567391]). — Terrains marécageux à Ta-pin-tze, 31.I.1883, Delavay 311 (syn-, P[P01029601, P01029602, P04567409, P05250285]). — Sine loco, Delavay 311 (syn-, P[P04567380, P04567403]) .

China (Ta-pin-tze). III.1884, Delavay 311 (syn-, P[P04567379]) .

LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — China, Yunnan. Primula , fl. roses, marais et bord des canaux, Ta-pintze près de Tali, IV.1884, Delavay s.n. (lecto-, P[P04567410]!; isolecto-, P[P04567405]!).

REMARKS

We found 54 herbarium sheets with P. forbesii in P herbarium database. Part of them with full handwritten text and no. 858, but date 1885 (P04567391, P04567401), some with no. 311 and short text according protologue, but date “ mars 1884 ” (P04567379), or “ janvier 1883 ” (P04567409, P05250285, P01029601 and P01029602), or just the no. 311, without locality and date (P04567380 and P04567403). Some others with n° 858 and date “ avril 1884 ” but with text “in rizière prope Tapin-tze” (P01029599). There are also specimens which have no number but the locality, date and collector’s name correspond to the protologue exactly (P04567405, P04567410). All of them are syntypes. According to Art. 9.6 and Rec. 9A of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018) among syntypes one of the herbarium specimens may be chosen as lectotype.

Figures

FIG. 2. — Lectotype of Primula forbesii Franch. (P04567410).