Lectotypification of names in the genus Lycianthes (Solanaceae) Author Dean, Ellen A. Center for Plant Diversity, Department of Plant Sciences Mail Stop 7, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, U. S. A., email: eadean @ ucdavis. edu Author Reyes, Miriam Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70 - 367, 04510 México D. F., México text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-05-09 349 1 39 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.4 journal article 4070 10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.4 444d361b-db3d-4043-89d3-a216cf8d586a 1179-3163 4780043 Lycianthes pilifera (Benth.) Bitter var. pilosiuscula (M.Martens & Galeotti) Bitter (1919: 428) Solanum pilosiusculum Martens & Galeotti (1845: 136) . Type ( lectotype , designated here):— MEXICO . Oaxaca : Cerro del Malacate ( Pelado Capulalpan and Llano Verde ), near Villa Alta , 7500 ft. , Nov to Apr 1840 , Galeotti 1171 ( BR barcode 000000552882 [digital photo!] [photo WIS !], isolectotypes BR barcode 000000552849 [digital photo!], BR barcode 000000552911 [digital photo!], G barcode G00343182 [digital photo!], K barcode K000585746 [digital photo!], LE barcode LE-00017009 [digital photo!], NY barcode 00139019 [digital photo!], US barcode 00027745 [digital photo!], W No. 156335 [specimen not seen but photos of specimen at WIS ! and MO No. 1690668!]) . Nomenclatural notes :— Martens and Galeotti (1845) cited one gathering, Galeotti 1171 , in the protologue, and duplicates of the gathering were widely distributed at herbaria internationally. We were able to trace specimens kept in BR , G, K, LE , NY , US : ( BR barcode 000000552882, BR barcode 000000552849, BR barcode 000000552911, G barcode G00343182, K barcode K000585746, LE barcode LE- 00017009, NY barcode 00139019, US barcode 00027745, W No. 156335 [specimen not seen but photos of specimen at WIS and MO No. 1690668]). These specimens completely agree with the protologue and can be safely considered as original material (Art. 9.3. of the ICN, McNeill et al . 2012 ). One of the Galeotti 1171 specimens at BR , annotated by M. Nee in 1986 as the lectotype ( BR barcode 000000552882), is selected here as the lectotype for the name Solanum pilosiusculum . Taxonomic notes :—This taxon will be considered a synonym of L. pilifera in an upcoming work by the first author.