Remarks on typification of nineteen names in Tamarix L. (Tamaricaceae)
23 February 2015
Villar García, Jose Luis; Alonso, Maria; Juan, Ana; Crespo Villalba, Manuel BenitoThe earlier typifications of 12 names of Tamarix (T. arabica, T. aralensis, T. boveana, T. chinensis, T. hohenackeri, T. karelinii, T. kotschyi, T. leptopetala, T. laxa var. araratica, T. laxa var. subspicata, T. mannifera var. persica and T. pycnocarpa) are discussed. In eight cases, a second-step lectotype was selected, since several specimens of the type collection were found at the herbaria where the lectotype was indicated. Five previous mentions of holotype were corrected to lectotype designations, as no concrete specimens had been mentioned in the protologue. The typifications of T. hampeana and T. mascatensis are only commented to provide some clarification. Moreover, four additional names (T. bengalensis, T. gallica var. arborea, T. mannifera var. purpurascens and T. passerinoides var. macrocarpa) are here lectotypified, and an epitype is selected for T. pallasii var. macrostemon. Lectotypes are designated from the material present at G-BOIS, P, P-LOUR, PRC, and W. Most of the 21 taxa treated in this work were described in the 18th and 19th centuries by important European botanists such as Bunge (12), Boissier (1), Candolle (1), Ehrenberg (3), and Loureiro (1).