Lycianthes ferruginea Bitter var. firmior Bitter (1919: 340)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— COSTA RICA. [San Jose]: Descente de la Ardilla près San Marcos, 900–1355 m, Mar 1893, Tonduz 7666 (BR barcode 000000552844 [digital photo!], isolectotype BR barcode 000000552877 [digital photo!]; image of the lectotype is available at http://www.br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/COLLECTIONS/HERBARIUM/detail.php?ID=503627) .

Nomenclatural notes:— Bitter (1919) cited two gatherings in the protologue: Tonduz 7666 and Tonduz 7939, and he cited the herbaria housing the specimens that he examined. Bitter cited and annotated material of Tonduz 7666 at BR (BR barcode 000000552844, BR barcode 000000552877). The only original material cited by Bitter of Tonduz 7939 was at B and has not been traced, and no F photo negative is available. One of the Tonduz 7666 specimens at BR (BR barcode 000000552844) is selected here as the lectotype for the name Lycianthes ferruginea var. firmior .

Taxonomic notes:—This variety was described by Bitter based on Costa Rican material, and with further study it may be treated as a synonym of Lycianthes ferruginea .