Phagnalon lepidotum Pomel (1874: 34)

Montes-Moreno, Noemí, Garcia-Jacas, Núria, Nualart, Neus, Susanna, Alfonso & Sáez, Llorenç, 2018, Typification of plant names referable to Phagnalon (Compositae) with some taxonomic notes, Phytotaxa 360 (1), pp. 1-18 : 7-8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.360.1.1
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scientific name	Phagnalon lepidotum Pomel (1874: 34)
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Phagnalon lepidotum Pomel (1874: 34) View in CoL

Type:—[ ALGERIA.] O. [Oran] St. Louis, s.d., Pomel s.n. (lectotype: MPU-MAIRE barcode MPU 004736!, designated here).

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= Phagnalon × intermedium (Lag.) Pau (1931: 51) View in CoL [ Ph. rupestre View in CoL (L.) DC. × Ph. saxatile View in CoL (L.) Cass.]

Notes:—The locality indicated in the protologue is in northern Algeria: “Lieux broussailleux du Tell: environs d’Oran”. We selected as the lectotype the specimen that is morphologically in accordance with the original description, bearing Pomel’s handwritten label. This specimen is deposited at the herbarium where the author was working, according to Stafleu & Cowan (1976 –1988). There are other specimens in MPU that agree with the protologue, but none of them bears an original label. Athough Pomel indicated that Phagnalon lepidotum View in CoL was close to Ph. saxatile View in CoL , we studied the original gathering deposited at MPU, and the specimens showed intermediate characters attributed to hybridization events between Ph. rupestre View in CoL and Ph. saxatile View in CoL . Also, Faure (1923) indicated that the description by Pomel matched the hybrid character of these plants (see taxonomic notes on Conyza × intermedia View in CoL ).