Echinospermum simplex Lojac., Fl. Sicul.

Cecchi, Lorenzo & Selvi, Federico, 2015, Typification of names in Boraginales described from Sicily, Natural History Sciences 2 (2), pp. 97-99 : 98

Echinospermum simplex Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 87.

1907. [ Lappula marginata (M.Bieb.) Dumort. ] Locus classicus: [ Italy, Sicily] “Madonie”. Holotype: [ Italy, Sicily] “Madonie”, s.d., [Todaro]

(P�L 63795!).

Note. No formal designation of type is needed for this name, since the specimen P�L 63795 was certainly the only one known to Lojacono (“in Herb. Todari sub Lithospermum ..... servatum”). This author also reported that some characters could not be observed for completing the description of this species. The type specimen is the only Sicilian collection of L. marginata , a mainly Eastern European species probably found as occasional on the Madonie mountains at that time.