Myosotis micrantha Guss.

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Myosotis micrantha Guss. , nom. illeg., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 207(–208). 1827. [1 October 1827]

≡ Myosotis gussonei Jan, Elench. Pl. (Jan) : 25. 1831. [after March 1831], nom. rej. ≡ Myosotis sicula Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 214. 1842–

1843. [January 1842 – February 1843], nom. cons.

Ind. Loc.:—“In inundatis, stagnis, lacubus, sopra la Piana de’ Greci – Nicosia – Cotrano” [after typification]. SIC

Type (lectotype designated by Selvi & Greuter 2012: 467):— ITALY. In inundatis, stagnis, lacubus, sopra la Piana de’ Greci - Nicosia - Cotrano, April–May, Gussone s.n. ( NAP) .

Note:— Myosotis sicula Guss. (nom. cons.) and M. gussonei Jan (nom. rej.) are both replacement names for Myostis micrantha Guss. , non Pall. ex Lehm., Neue Schriften Naturf. Ges. Halle 3(2): 24. 1817. [August–December 1817], nom. illeg. According to Arts. 60.8 & 60.9 of the ICN the spelling of Jan’s specific epithet originally published as “ Gussonii ” to be corrected in “ gussonei ”.

Compiled by:— N. M. G. Ardenghi