Statice parvifolia Tineo

Barone, Giulio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Gristina, Emilio Di, Mirabile, Giulia & Gargano, Maria Letizia, 2023, Typification of names published by Vincenzo Tineo from Sicily, Phytotaxa 612 (2), pp. 139-147 : 144

11. Statice parvifolia Tineo in Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2(2): 806. 1845. [1 January–September 1845]

≡ Limonium parvifolium (Tineo) Pignatti, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 364. 1971.

Ind. Loc.:—“Pantelleria a Gelfizer”.

Lectotype (here designated):—[Sicily] Statice pavifolia Tin., Pantelleria, Sept. 1845 [received], Tineo ( FI002268 !, image available at: http://parlatore.msn.unifi.it/img72/ FI002268 .jpg).

Note:—We traced two specimens at PAL (codes PAL60289 and PAL60291 ) collected by Vincenzo Tineo in the island Pantelleria; no collection date occurs. PAL60289 includes also a handwritten latin description of the species. A specimen from Pantelleria and collected by V. Tineo is housed in NAP and it included a latin description; however, it missed again the date of collection. Simalarly in G (barcode G00440212 ) is housed a specimen from Pantelleria by Tineo missing the date of collection; this specimen was seen by M. Erben in 1977, but it has not been used for nomenclatural acts. Finally, there is a specimen at FI (barcode FI002268 ) collected by V. Tineo in Pantelleria and received in September 1845; it includes a portion of plant complete in all its parts.

While we can just hypothesize that the specimens from Palermo, Naples and Genève were collected before the publication of the name, we are certain of this for the specimen held in Florence. We, therefore, designate here FI002268 as lectotype of the name Statice parvifolia . It fits the original description and corresponds to the current use of the name that applies to a species strictly endemic to the island of Pantelleria (Brullo & Brullo 2020).