Prunus graeca (Lindl.) Eisenman, 2015

Eisenman, Sasha W., 2015, Some nomenclatural adjustments and typifications for almond species in the genus Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae), Phytotaxa 222 (3), pp. 185-198 : 189

Prunus graeca (Lindl.) Eisenman , comb. nov.

Basionym:— Amygdalus graeca Lindley in Sibthorp & Lindley (1840: 71).

Type (neotype, designated here):— Without locality, s.d., s.coll., s.n. [“ Amygdalus incana . J. Sibthorp, M.D. Flora Graeca . t477. Prodromus Fl. Graecae Vol I p. 337 n 1136”]. Herbarium Webbianum, ex Herb. Desfontaines”] ( OXF! [digital image]; image of the neotype is available at http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/SIBTHORP/image/Sib-1136a.JPG/Zoom?fpi=1).

Note: —The species is accepted by Browicz & Zohary (1996), and also included in the Flora of Turkey, wherein Browicz (1972) stated that it is closely related to Amygdalus orientalis Miller (1768 : without page), but sufficiently distinct to merit specific recognition. The distribution is given as, “southwest Anatolia and in some of the adjacent Greek Islands, particularly Rhodos… Aleppo district, Syria and near Ankara, Turkey.” Kurtto (2009) synonymized A. graeca with Prunus discolor ( Spach 1843: 119) Schneider (1905: 591) , but Prunus graeca has priority under Art. 11.4 of the ICN ( McNeill et al. 2012). Lindley in Sibthorp & Lindley (1840: 71) described A. graeca as a new species in a list of emendations to replace the misidentified A. incana ( Sibthorp & Smith 1809: 337, Sibthorp & Smith 1825: 61). No type was designated for A. graeca . In the Herbarium Sibthorpianum ( OXF) two specimens are conserved under the name Prunus graeca . The first was identified as, “ Amygdalus incana ,” and labeled, “ J. Sibthorp, M.D.” with additional annotations listing the A. incana citation of Flora Graeca . A second specimen with a “ J. Sibthorp, M.D.” tag is annotated with “1136?”, the species number in Flora Graeca . The first one is here designated as neotype. No specimens of Amygdalus graeca were found at CGE, where Lindley’s general collection is housed.