Viola volcanica Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott (1833: 145)

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 : 173

Viola volcanica Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott (1833: 145)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— ARGENTINA. Mendoza: among loose pumice stones, near summit of volcanic mountain called Cerro del Diamante , J. Gillies s.n. (K 000535076 [digital image!]) ; isolectotypes, BM 000513321 [digital image!], E 00322407 [digital image!]).

Protologue citation:—“Among loose pumice-stones near the summit of the volcanic mountain Cerro del Diamante, Dr. Gillies.”

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

Notes:—Several specimens are mounted on the same sheet of this species at K and are identified by three different barcode numbers. The two upper right hand plants with the barcode number K 000535077 possess a label with the identification Viola volcanica and the collection data “Dr. Gilies 78”; without having any locality information we can not assure that it corresponds with the protologue of the species. The two bottom right hand plants with the barcode number K 000535078 possess two labels; one label has the identification Viola volcanica and the locality data “Cord. de Talca”, and the second label possesses the collection data “Plantae Chilenses-Comm. R. A. Philippi. Central Chili ”. Furthermore, the note “cf. V. congesta Hook. Not volcanica ” is handwritten next to these labels. This specimen does not agree with the protologue. The two upper left hand plants with the barcode number K 000535076 have a label with the exact transcription of the protologue handwritten by Gillies himself, fully agrees with the protologue, and are herein selected as the lectotype of Viola volcanica . Isolectotypes were also examined at BM and E.