Fumana arabica ( Linnaeus 1755: 14 ) Spach (1836: 359)

Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo, 2015, Typification of two names belonging to the Cistaceae family: Fumana arabica and Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. italicum, Phytotaxa 217 (3), pp. 298-300 : 299

Fumana arabica ( Linnaeus 1755: 14) Spach (1836: 359)

Linnaeus’s protologue (1755: 14) of Cistus arabicus consists of a nomen specificum legitimum “ Cistus (arabicus) suffruticosus stipulatus, foliis alternis lanceolatis planis laevibus” and also an extensive description. Linnaeus indicated the geographical provenance as “ Habitat in Arabia. D. Hasselquist”. The Linnaean Herbarium (LINN) in London holds two herbarium sheets with Linnaeus’s original material related to this name ( Jarvis 2007: 419). The first specimen (LINN 689.67, Herb. Linn., image available at: http://linnean-online.org/6487/) bears three fragments of Fumana arabica , with leaves, flowers and fruits, and it is annotated with “ arabicus ”. The base of this specimen is also annotated with Linnaeus’s symbol indicating that it is associated with specimens collected by Hasselquist in the Middle East. Most of Hasselquist’s specimens reached Linnaeus before the publication of Centuria Plantarum (see Jarvis 2007). The second specimen (LINN 689.68, Herb. Linn., image available at: http://linnean-online.org/6488/) bears two fragments of this species, with leaves, flowers and fruits, and with the same annotations and symbols. We have been unable to locate any further original material in any Linnaean or Linnaean-linked herbaria.

Among the two candidate specimens, we designate the specimen LINN 689.67 (Herb. Linn.) as the lectotype, because this specimen is the most complete and informative original material available.