Fritillaria tubiformis Gren. & Godr. in Mém. Soc. Emul. Doubs ser. 2, 6: 13. 1855

Bartolucci, Fabrizio & Peruzzi, Lorenzo, 2012, Typification of Fritillaria tubiformis Gren. & Godr., Fritillaria delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. and Fritillaria delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. (Liliaceae) from SW Europe, Candollea 67 (1), pp. 23-29 : 24

1. Fritillaria tubiformis Gren. & Godr. in Mém. Soc. Emul. Doubs ser. 2, 6: 13. 1855 .

≡ Fritillaria delphinensis Gren. in Gren. & Godr. , Fl. France 3: 180. 1855, nom. illeg.

Lectotypus (here designated): FRANCE. Hautes Alpes: Lusette en Luz (Drome), 1847, Boullu s.n. ( P! ex Herb. Grenier sub F. meleagris , rev. F. alpicola) ( Fig. 1 ) .

Syntypi. – FRANCE. Hautes Alpes: Mt. Seuse pres Gap, VIII.1847, Verlot s.n. ( P! ex Herb. Grenier, sub F. meleagris , rev. F. alpicola); Mt. Séuse près Gap, 1854, Grenier s.n. ( K!) .

GRENIER & GODRON (1855) quote several syntypes for this taxon. From the localities cited in the protologue, we traced, in P and K, specimens that can be considered as original material. Among these we choose the most well-developed and well-presented as lectotype.

Taxonomic discussion. – Fritillaria tubiformis was long confused with F. meleagris L. (i.e., BERTOLONI, 1839), but it is clearly distinct from all other species from West Europe RENIER & GODRON, 1855). On the other hand, it seems close to F. latifolia Willd. , widespread from Caucasus to N Turkey IX, 2001), from which it differs in having glaucous leaves (vs. shiny green) and shorter style branches. Among the taxa usually synonymized with F. tubiformis , two seem to deserve special attention ( F. delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. and F. delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. ), while others have doubtful taxonomic value (i.e., F. delphinensis var. reverchonii Rouy ; ROUY, 1910). Similarly to what was done recently with the F. montana W. D. J. Koch complex ( BARTOLUCCI & al., 2009; PERUZZI & al., 2009; PERUZZI & BARTOLUCCI, 2009), a biosystematic study is in progress about the F. meleagris L. complex ( F. meleagris s.l. and F. tubiformis s.l.), aiming to clarify the relationships among the taxa and their distribution.

Figures

Fig. 1. – Lectotypus of the name Fritillaria tubiFormis Gren. & Godr. [Boullu s.n., P] [© Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Reproduced with permission]