Viola fluehmannii Philippi (1892a: 346)

Nicola, Marcela Viviana, Salomón, Luciana & Zuloaga, Fernando Omar, 2018, Nomenclatural and taxonomic study in species of Viola (Violaceae) from Argentina, Phytotaxa 338 (2), pp. 151-176 : 163

Viola fluehmannii Philippi (1892a: 346)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— CHILE. [VIII Region: Laguna del Laja National Park, Pitronquines estuaries,] Pitrunquines , February 1882, G. Flühmann s.n. (SGO 000003286 [digital image!]; isolectotype, SGO 000003285 [digital image!]) .

Protologue citation:—“Orn. Gustavus Flühmann in Araucania loco dicto “Pitrusquenes” februario 1882 invenit.”

Distribution:—Native of Argentina and Chile. In Argentina it is known for the province of Neuquén.

Notes:—The locality cited in the protologue by Rudolf A. Philippi (“Pitrusquenes”) is almost identical to the locality written as “Pitrunquines” (referring to the Pitronquines estuaries located at Laguna del Laja National Park in the VIII Region of Biobío) for two specimens collected by Gustavo Flühmann and deposited at the herbarium of Santiago, Chile. Both specimens agree with the protologue. We selected the specimen with the barcode number SGO 000003286 as the lectotype because it is more complete and in better condition.

We clarify here that the correct orthography of the specific epithet, which is derived from the surname of the person to whom this plant was dedicated, Gustavo Flühmann, is “fluehmannii ” as presented in The Plant List (2013) and in The International Plant Names Index (2012) and not “flühmanni” as presented in the original publication ( Philippi 1892a) or “flühmannii” as presented in the Flora of Patagonia ( Rossow 1988) and the checklist of the Southern Cone ( Sanso et al. 2008). The International Code of Nomenclature Art. 60.6 states that diacritical signs are not to be used in scientific names.