Azorella fuegiana Spegazzini (1896: 58)

Fernández, Martina, Martínez, Susana Graciela & Calviño, Carolina Isabel, 2020, Typifications of 31 names in Azorella (Azorelloideae, Apiaceae) from South America, Phytotaxa 433 (2), pp. 135-144 : 137

9. Azorella fuegiana Spegazzini (1896: 58) .

Lectotype (designated here):— Spegazzini s.n. ( LPS 12670 in LP002787 !).

Protologue:—“ Hab. Non rara in dunis maritimis Punta Anegada et in scopulosis Chair Isl.”.

Notes:— Spegazzini does not cite a type, but in the protologue he indicates two localities for the new species: Punta Anegada, the northern extreme of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego ; and Chair Island , a small island from the archipelago. Both localities are part of the Región XII de Magallanes, Chile. We found one specimen at LP from Spegazzini´s herbarium with no information on place or date of collection, but with a label indicating “cotypus”, a word formerly used to indicate a syntype. The specimen agrees with the protologue in morphology and is the only original material found. Because this specimen likely constitutes one of the syntypes, we designate it as the lectotype of Azorella fuegiana .