Pinguicula pumila Michaux (1803: 11)

Domínguez, Yoannis, Valdés, Cristina Mercedes Panfet & Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira, 2017, Typification of names in the genus Pinguicula L. (Lentibulariaceae), Phytotaxa 312 (2), pp. 179-198 : 190

Pinguicula pumila Michaux (1803: 11)

Protologue locality:—Hab. in humidis apricis Georgiae.

Type (neotype, designated here):— [ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. Without locality, s.d., s. coll. ( P barcode P00322538 !; image of the neotype is available at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00322538) .

≡ Isoloba pumila (Michx.) Rafinesque (1838: 59) .

= Pinguicula australis Nuttall (1834: 103) . Type (lectotype, designated here):—[ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. Florida, s.d., s. coll. (PH No. 0935591 barcode PH 00031074 [digital photo!], isolectotype BM barcode BM001025253 !; image of the lectotype is available at http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.ph00031074).

= Pinguicula floridensis Chapm. (1883: 635) . Type:—Not designated.

= Pinguicula pumila Michx. var. buswellii Moldenke (1934: 98) ≡ Pinguicula pumila Michx. f. buswellii (Moldenke) Casper (1966: 77) . Type (holotype):—[ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. Florida, Collier Co., in moist sandy soil of pineland, along old Tamiami Trail, 14 April 1930, H.N. Moldenke 981a (NY, isotype MO No. 1002176 barcode MO-954384 [digital photo!]).

= Pinguicula buswellii Moldenke (1944: 574) , nom. nud.

= Pinguicula pumila Michx. f. alba Moldenke (1973: 225) . Type (holotype):—[ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. Florida, Gulf County, on wet sandy embankments at McNeils, 31 March 1973, A.L. Moldenke & H.N. Moldenke 26665 (LL barcode 00373041 [digital photo!]).

= Pinguicula violacea Michaux ex Lamarck (1792: 409) , nom. nud.

Note:—A. Michaux, in his Flora Boreali-Americana (1803), did not cite any particular specimens for Pinguicula ’s new names; therefore, Michaux’s names lectotypification is necessary. Regarding his currently accepted names (i.e. Pinguicula pumila ), he just referred to an indeterminate location associated to the habitat cited in the protologue (see locality above). During our searches for Michaux’s material, we have traced a specimen at MNHN-P (Herbier de l’Amérique septentrionale d’André Michaux) in which is stamped “Type”, but it has no information on locality and collector; it just bears a handwritten identification label stating: “ Pinguicula pumila ”. In spite of that, comparing the label’s handwriting with other Michaux’s specimens linked to new names published in the same work, this specimen can be ascribed to Michaux. Considering that the specimen has no information on either locality or habitat we could not be sure that it was used for the description of the new species, therefore it is difficult to recognize it as either an original material or a syntype according to Arts. 9.3 and 9.5 of the ICN ( McNeill et al. 2012) respectively. Because of that, and since the specimen is in accordance with Michaux’s diangnosis “P. scapo brevi, glabello: corolla parvula, dilute violacea; oblongiuscule tubulata; calcare tubo breviore”, we have selected it as a neotype according to Arts. 9.7, 9.11 and 9.13 of the ICN ( McNeill et al. 2012).