Celmisia densiflora Hooker (1864: 130)

Saldivia, Patricio, 2023, Nomenclature and typifications in Celmisia (Asteraceae: Astereae): The New Zealand endemic subgenera Caespitosae, Glandulosae, and Lignosae, Phytotaxa 591 (1), pp. 31-45 : 36

14. Celmisia densiflora Hooker (1864: 130) .

Type:— NEW ZEALAND. Middle [South] Island, Valley of Hopkins, sides of mountains, 2200–5000 ft., 1863, Haast 143 in Herbarium Hookerianum [the left-hand capitulum excluded] (lectotype K 882073 [image!], firststep lectotype designated by Allan (1961: 629), second-step lectotype designated here).

Notes:— Allan (1961: 629) lectotypified this species based on K 882073, which is composed of two floral branches and two capitula with part of the peduncle. However, the left-hand capitulum is different from the rest of the material. The morphology of the phyllaries and the indumentum of the peduncle indicate that it belongs to Celmisia subgenus Pelliculatae . Therefore, that piece of the material ( Fig. 3 ) is hereby excluded from the lectotype (ICN 9.14, Turland et al. 2018).

Hooker mentioned two syntypes. However, one of them (Otago, Lake District, subalpine, Hector and Buchanan ) has not been found .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Lectotype of Celmisia densiflora (http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000882073). © Copyright of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The red circle indicates the capitulum excluded from the lectotype.