Valeriana tripteris L.

= Valeriana tripteris var. heterophylla Baumgarten (1816: 57)

Type indication:—”β. intra Rupium fissuras scil. prope aquam mineralem Lövéte et in summo monte Hargita ” [Lueta; Harghita Mădăraș, 1801 m].

Type:—” Valeriana tripteris β. heterophylla / In saxosis montis Hargita Transsilvaniae” [Baumgarten scripsit; someone else added: “lgt Baumgarten”], Baumgarten (CL, herb. Baumgartenianum, no. 8330!, lectotype, designated here), see Figs. 4 & 5 .

Note 1:—The rank of variety is clearly indicated by Baumgarten (the varietal epithet is preceded by an asterisk, and followed by the statement “Var. β”.

Note 2:—The epithet “ heterophylla ”was used several times for heterotypic names at the species rank in Valeriana [the oldest one being V. heterophylla Loiseleur (1806: 21)]. Valeriana tripteris var. heterophylla has never been validated at the rank of species (although sometimes listed in databases as a valid species name, see above).

≡ Valeriana tripteris subsp. heterophylla (Baumgarten) Rostański in Pawłowski (1967: 357)