Stellaria pusilla EM. Schmid, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 41 (1932)

Wang, Wenqiao, Su, Zhiwei & Ma, Zhonghui, 2020, Lectotypification of five names in the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in China, PhytoKeys 170, pp. 71-81 : 71

Stellaria pusilla EM. Schmid, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 41 (1932)

Lectotype

(designated here):-China, Tibet, Panggong Tso, July 25, 1927, Bosshard s.n. (Z000002688 digital image!, Figure 5 ; Isolectotype: China, Tibet, Panggong Tso, Bosshard s.n., Z barcode Z000002689 and Z000002690 digital image!).

Note.

S. pusilla was described by Schmid based on three specimens " Bosshard s.n., 25. VII. 1927; Bosshard s.n., 29. VII. 1927; Bosshard s.n., 13. VIII. 1927" collected by Bosshard from China, but he didn’t designate one of them as holotype in the protologue. Plants of Central Asia ( Grubov and Kozhevnikov 2007) cited "Panggon Toso July 25, 1927 (typus)". Yet following Art. 9.6 and Art. 40 Note 1 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), none of them can be treated as holotype, but all should be considered as syntypes. Bosshard selected type specimens that were deposited at W and Z ( Stafleu and Cowan 1993). Three original specimens were traced deposited in Z (Z000002688 digital image!, Z000002689 digital image!, and Z000002690 digital image!). All of them agreed with the collection location and date in the protologue and had a label “Typus” and another label "Syntype of Stellaria pusilla EM. Schmid" written by Sallucn at the same time. Given its label " Stellaria pusilla Schmid nov. spes" and its good preservation, the presence of flower and lower part of the plant, Z000002688 is designated here as the lectotype following Art. 9.3 and 9.4 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 5. Lectotype of S. pusilla Em. Schmid (Walter Bosshard, Bosshard s. n., Z 000002688).