Santolina oblongifolia Boiss. f. intermedia Pau, 1900

Rivero-Guerra, Aixa O., 2012, Santolina orocarpetana sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Anthemideae), a new species from the Iberian Peninsula. Revision of the lectotype of S. oblongifolia Boiss., Adansonia (3) 34 (1), pp. 133-154 : 144

6. Santolina oblongifolia Boiss. f. intermedia Pau

Acta de la Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 29: 287. 1900.

— Type (as given in protologue): “Entre Baños de Montemayor y Garganta de Béjar; al pie de la Sierra, saliendo de la Garganta, abundante”.— Neotype (here designated): Spain, Salamanca: Béjar , La Garganta , 40°19’48’’N, 5°49’10’’W, 1000 m, granites, A. O. Rivero-Guerra s.n. ( SEV 249072 ).

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Pau (1900) indicated that the plants from these localities show intermediate morphological characteristics between S. rosmarinifolia and the varieties “ obtusifolia ” and “ ceratophylla ”: “Las hojas de los tallos floríferos, parecidos algo á los de la S. rosmarinifolia L. , tan abundante en Castilla, son como los de la variedad ceratophylla Wk.; el color de todas la planta como en la obtusifolia Wk.”.

The type specimen of this name has been lost or destroyed and duplicates of the original material were not distributed.Consequently, no duplicate material is known, and unfortunately, no safe interpretation of this name can be provided by examination of the type specimen.No voucher specimen from this locality was found in more than40 European Herbaria consulted. Therefore, in agreement with articles 9.6, 9.9 and 9.11 of the ICBN ( McNeill et al. 2006), a neotype for S. oblongifolia Boiss. f. intermedia is designated.