Fritillaria delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 116. 1873

Bartolucci, Fabrizio & Peruzzi, Lorenzo, 2012, Typification of Fritillaria tubiformis Gren. & Godr., Fritillaria delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. and Fritillaria delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. (Liliaceae) from SW Europe, Candollea 67 (1), pp. 23-29 : 24

2. Fritillaria delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 116. 1873 .

≡ Fritillaria delphinensis var. moggridgei (Planch.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 722. 1882.

≡ Fritillaria delphinensis subsp. moggridgei (Planch.) K. Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 212. 1890.

≡ Fritillaria tubiformis var. moggridgei (Planch.) Rouy, Fl. France 12: 404. 1910.

≡ Fritillaria tubiformis subsp. moggridgei (Planch.) Rix in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 356. 1978.

Lectotypus (here designated): ITALY. Maritime Alps: Col de Carbon, près le val Pesio (Prov. de Cuneo), Piémont, 29.VII.1872, E. Burnat s.n., with note “j'ai encore trouvé cette espèce dans le val Cravina (du Val Pesio), près le Col (Il Colle) entre Pesio et Limone, puis dans le fond du val del Pian del Creuzo (val Pesio) et enfin au Pied du Mont Cars au-dessus de la Chartreuse de Pesio” ( G-BU! individual on the left; iso-: G-BU! individual on the right) ( Fig. 2 , arrow).

Syntypi. – FRANCE. Maritime Alps: M. Authion , Alpes Mtes , 26.IV.1867, M. Moggridge s.n. ( G-BU!) ;

ITALY. Maritime Alps: Sommites au-dessus de la Chartreuse de Pesio (Prov. de Cuneo, Piemont), 6.VII.1872, E. Burnat s.n. ( G-BU!); Chartreuse de Pesio près Coni ( Vallone de Marguarès ), 22.VI.1862, s.coll. (in Herb. Thuret, G-BU!, sub F. lutea M. Bieb. ); Vallon de Pari, près le Chartreuse de Pesio , 2.VII.1862, s.coll. (in Herb. Thuret G-BU!, sub F. lutea M. Bieb. ); ravins situés au-dessus de la bergerie de Breglio ( Alpes de Breglio ) près des neiges fondantes, 23.VI.1860, Canut s.n. ( G-BU!); un seul exemplaire au bas d'un couloir descendant dans le val Pesio près Cuneo , sans doute descendu des hauteurs voisines avec une avalanche, 14.VI.1872, E. Burnat s.n. ( G-BU!); Sommites au-dessus de la Chartreuse de Pesio (Prov. de Cuneo, Piemont), 6.VII.1872, E. Burnat s.n. ( FI!, MPU!).

Iconography. – MOGGRIDGE (1864: plate XXV, sub F. delphinensis Gren. ?) published a plate which illustrates specimens gathered “from a mountain not far from Giandola in the Sospello valley” ( Fig. 3 ).

In the protologue, PLANCHON (1873) quoted, for this taxon, several type localities (gatherings in Herb. Thuret, G-BU) from the Maritime Alps and also the Moggridge's iconography cited above, which is consequently original material for the name. Moreover, we traced in G-BU, MPU and FI specimens, from the cited localities, that completely fit with the protologue and then can be considered as original material too (syntypes). Among these, only one specimen, conserved in G-BU, is labelled as F. delphinensis γ moggridgei [manu Planch.] (January, 1873). The complete individual on the left is chosen as the lectotype.

Taxonomic discussion. – This taxon was treated, in the past, in different ways: as a subspecies (i.e., RIX, 1978), a variety (i.e., FIORI, 1923; PIGNATTI, 1982) or fully synonymic (i.e., AESCHIMANN & al., 2004) with F. tubiformis . The study of the selected lectotype and of the other available original material clearly shows that this taxon is closer to F. tubiformis than to any other European species. However, the two seem to be very distinct for many character-states. Our preliminary results confirm this view. Nowadays, there is some doubt about the relations between F. tubiformis subsp. moggridgei and F. collina Adam (= F. lutea M. Bieb. ). The latter species, widespread in Caucasus ( RIX, 2001), has yellow-greenish flowers and inner tepals with ciliate margins.

Specimina visa. – FRANCE. Maritime Alps: Mentone, 5000 […], s.d., M. Moggridge s.n. (Herb. Hookerianum 1867, K!); Col de Tende , summer 1870, collected by the Landlord of the Ro. Grass Recovers (sub F. lutea M. Bieb. ) ( FI!, G-BOI!, G-DC!, G (Herb. Reuter Barbey)!).

Figures

Fig. 2. – Lectotypus of the name Fritillaria delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. [E. Burnat s.n., G-BU] [© Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève]

Fig. 3. – Iconography of “Fritillaria delphinensis Gren.?”, published by MOGGRIDGE (1864: plate XXV), which is also original material for F. delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch.