Viola niederleinii W. Becker (1922a: 184)

Nicola, Marcela Viviana, Salomón, Luciana & Zuloaga, Fernando Omar, 2018, Nomenclatural and taxonomic study in species of Viola (Violaceae) from Argentina, Phytotaxa 338 (2), pp. 151-176 : 168-170

Viola niederleinii W. Becker (1922a: 184)

Type:— Holotype, B (not extant). Neotype, designated here: ARGENTINA. La Rioja: Sierra Famatina, Ampallado , January 1911, O. Bodenbender s.n. (neotype, CORD 15856 [digital image!]). ( Fig. 5 )

Protologue citation:—“G. Hieronymus et G. Niederlein Flora Argentina no. 370b: Prov. de la Rioja, Sierra Famatina, Cueva de Perez , fl. 26-28. I. 1879 (Herb. Mus. bot. Berol.).”

Distribution:—Endemic of La Rioja province, Argentina.

Notes:—The specimen cited by Wilhelm Becker in the protologue of this species and deposited at B was destroyed during the destruction of the herbarium in the course of World War II (Robert Vogt pers. comm.; Hiepko 1987). We were not able to locate extant duplicates of Hieronymus & Niederlein 370b and, consequently, a neotype is designated here for Viola niederleinii . We selected the specimen O. Bodenbender s.n. at CORD since it fully agrees with the protologue, has also been collected at Sierra Famatina (La Rioja, Argentina), and is a complete, vigorous, and well preserved specimen. It was later cited by Becker (1927: 364) as V. niederleinii and has been examined and accepted by Benkt Sparre, a specialist in Viola , in 1950.

Viola philippii Leybold (1859: 681) , new name for ≡ Viola microphylla Philippi (1856: 611) , nom. illeg. hom., non Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes (1819: 361)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— CHILE. [XIII Region:] Cordillera of Santiago near Las Arañas Mine, December 1854, P. Germain s.n. (SGO 000003304 bottom left plant [digital image!]; isolectotype, SI 004361! fragment ex SGO) .

Protologue citation:—“In cordillera provinciae Santiago prope minam Las Arañas Decembri 1854 legit orn. Germain.”

Distribution:—Native of Argentina and Chile. In Argentina it is known for the province of Mendoza.

Notes:— Viola philippii Leybold (1859) was published as a new name for V. microphylla Philippi (1856) . The protologue of V. microphylla Phil. consists of a short diagnosis and the information that the specimen was collected by Germain in the province of Santiago, near the mine of Las Arañas in 1854. There is a single specimen sheet with the barcode number SGO 000003304, which includes a mixture of material and several labels. These are: 1) “ V. philippii Leyb. , Cordillera de Santiago, Casa de Piedra, 2800 m, January 1892, Reiche s.n. ”, 2) “ V. philippii Leyb., Las Choicas, Cord. San Fernando, January 1872, E. Reed s.n. ”, 3) “ V. rugosa Ph., Cord. Linares, P. Germain, 1856 ”, and 4) “ Viola microphylla Ph., Cord. de las Arañas, December 1854, P. Germain s.n. ”. Clearly, the last label and plant agree with the protologue and characteristics of V. microphylla and accordingly it is here designated as the lectotype of the species. Another possible isolectotype examined is: CHILE. Cordillera provincia Santiago, 1854, P. Germain s.n. (HAL 0117787 [digital image!]).

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FIGURE 5. Viola niederleinii W. Becker, digital image of the neotype O. Bodenbender s.n. (CORD 15856).