Ononis tridentata var. integrata Amo (1873: 447)

Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo, 2023, Original elemets and typification of the names included in the Ononis tridentata complex (Fabaceae), Phytotaxa 598 (1), pp. 32-58 : 52

Ononis tridentata var. integrata Amo (1873: 447)

Ononis tridentata var. integrata was described by Amo (1873: 447) with the accompanying diagnosis “Folia saepiùs integerrima, rarò bi-tridentata”, and followed by a complete description in Spanish and the provenance “Hab. en la Alcarria, Serranía de Cuenca y reino de Valencia (Quer, Pal., Cav.), entre Jaen y Campillo de Arenas (Wk.)”.

The herbarium of Amo y Mora is preserved at GDA ( Vizoso & Quesada 2018). This collection contains the material collected by himself and the contributions from Spanish botanists as well as foreign collaborators, such as Guirao, Cutanda, Willkomm, Lange, and Reuter ( Negrillo Galindo & Marín Calderón 1985 a, 1985b). In this herbarium there is a folder that contains two specimens of Ononis tridentata . On the folder is annotated “1730 / Ononis tridentata ”. A sheet (without number or barcode) bears a specimen of this species, and two labels: “31. Ononis tridentata L. / Murcia”, and “Instituto de Granada / Gabinete de Historia Natural / Ononis / tridentata / Lin, / N.º 1730”. A second one sheet (without number or barcode) bears a specimen of this species and a label annotated as “31. Ononis tridentata . Pert. / Murcia”. Unfortunately, due to the absence of original annotations by Amo y Mora explicitly linked to Ononis tridentata var. integrata or to the protologue of the name in these two sheets at GDA, these specimens cannot be considered original material.

On the other hand, there is a revelant specimen in the Willkomm herbarium at COI. The specimen barcoded COI00053681 was collected by Willkomm in “Inter Campillos de Arenas et urbem Jaen” in 1848 ( Fig. 13 ). This material match with the gathering cited by Amo in the protologue, as “entre Jaen y Campillo de Arenas (Wk.)”, and therefore it can be treated as a syntype. The specimen (two stems with leaves, flowers, and fruits) is well-preserved and matches the protologue of Ononis tridentata var. integrata . Therefore, this specimen is designated as the lectotype of the name.

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FIGURE 13. Lectotype of Ononis tridentata var. integrata Amo, COI (barcode COI00053681) and lectotype of Ononis tridentata var. edentula Webb ex Willkomm, COI (barcode COI00053680). Image courtesy of the herbarium COI, reproduced with permission.