Geum molle Visiani & Pančić (1862: 429)

Clementi, Moreno, Vukojičić, Snežana, Lakušić, Dmitar & Kuzmanović, Nevena, 2015, names published by Roberto de Visiani and Josif Pančić in Plantae Serbicae Rariores aut Novae-Decas I, Phytotaxa 202 (2), pp. 121-134 : 122

Geum molle Visiani & Pančić (1862: 429)

Type (lectotype designated here):— SERBIA. E seminibus originatibus M. Javor in horto culta, Maj. Jun. [1]860, J. Pančić s.n. (PAD-0022698!) ( Fig. 1B ).

Additional specimens examined:— SERBIA. In apricis M. Javor S[erbia] merid[ionalis], June [1]861, J. Pančić, (BEOU-4547!); s.l., s.d., J. Pančić s.n. (PAD-H0022701!); Culta e seminib[us] de M. Javor S[erbia] merid[ionalis], flor[ens] Maj. fruct[iferum] Juni, s.d., J. Pančić s.n. (BEOU 4544!)

Note:—The specimen in Padova, selected here as lectotype, and the one in Belgrade are, as far as we know, the only ones with information on locality and collection date of that are completely compatible with the information provided in the protologue. The specimen selected here as lectotype was preferred since it bears the provisional name “ Geum serbicum spec. nov. ”, the same name that appears in Visiani’s manuscript for Visiani & Pančić (1862). Moreover, Pančić’ s remark on the label “Species certissime a vicino Geum urbano diversa” also appears in the protologue. Finally, the illustration in the protologue was certainly based on it ( Fig. 1A ). The additional specimen from PAD (PAD-H0022701) is also probably part of the original material: in a letter to Visiani dating 1857, Pančić wrote that he was sending him a flowering specimen form M. Javor. PAD-H0022701 is the only flowering specimen, collected by Pančić, available in Padova, besides the lectotype. The name is still generally accepted (Euro+Med 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A. Illustration of Geum molle in Visiani & Pančić (1862). B. Lectotype of G. molle (PAD-H0022698).