Viola huidobrii Gay (1845: 214)

Nicola, Marcela Viviana, Salomón, Luciana & Zuloaga, Fernando Omar, 2018, Nomenclatural and taxonomic study in species of Viola (Violaceae) from Argentina, Phytotaxa 338 (2), pp. 151-176 : 164

Viola huidobrii Gay (1845: 214)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— CHILE. [XIV Region:] Valdivia , in pratis San José, September 1835, C. Gay s.n. (P 00756161 [digital image!]; isolectotype, G 00354843 [digital image!]) .

Protologue citation:—“Esta linda Violeta se cria en los prados naturales de la provincia de Valdivia, particularmente en los llanos de San José y de la Villa Rica […] Florece en setiembre.”

Distribution:—Native of Argentina and Chile; in Argentina it is known for the provinces of Chubut and Neuquén.

Notes:—We selected the specimen with the barcode number P 00756161 as the lectotype of Viola huidobrii because it is housed in the herbarium where Claude Gay deposited much of his type material ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976), is a vigorous and complete specimen, agrees with the protologue, and presents a label with clear notes handwritten by Gay. Also, it has a label with the same identification made in 1927 by Wilhelm Becker. Possible isolectotypes of C. Gay s.n. for V. huidobrii are specimens with barcode numbers GH 00067173 [digital image!] and K 000535030 [digital image!].

= Viola lechlerii Grisebach (1856: 116) .

Type (lectotype, designated here):— CHILE. [XIV Region:] ad fl. Futa in prov. Valdivia, 3 December 1850, W. Lechler 305 (GOET 008940 [digital image!]; isolectotype, K 000535026 upper left plant [digital image!]) .

Protologue citation:—“Valdivia: ad fl. Futa flor. m. Dec. leg. Lechler (coll. ej. nr. 305).”

Notes:—We selected the specimen with the barcode number GOET 008940 as the lectotype of Viola lechlerii because it agrees with the protologue, is a complete specimen, and possesses labels with notes indicating the location and identification which were written both by Wilibald Lechler, the collector, and August Grisebach, the author of the taxon. The latter worked at Göttingen, the herbarium where his original collections are housed ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976).