Carex lehmanniana Boott

Lois, Raúl, Acedo, Carmen, Reznicek, Anton A. & Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro, 2023, Three newly described species of Carex sect. Fecundae (Cyperaceae) from Central America and typification of two related names, Phytotaxa 579 (2), pp. 71-86 : 85

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.579.2.1

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scientific name

Carex lehmanniana Boott
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Typification of Carex lehmanniana Boott Proc. Linn. Soc. London View in CoL 1: 256 (1845)

The taxonomy and nomenclature of Carex sect. Fecundae is difficult and still remains uncertain. During the revision of this section we found out that the name Carex lehmanniana Boott has not been typified yet. Therefore, a lectotype is designated below.

Carex lehmanniana Boott View in CoL [‘ lemanniana ’], Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 256 (1845)

Ind. loc.: “in locis humidis Montis ignivomi Cotopaxi Columbiae [Hartweg’s collection] […]; Columbia [ Ecuador] [Jameson’s collection; no further indication provided]”.

Lectotype (here designated): — ECUADOR, Province of Cotopaxi. Volcán Cotopaxi “ Hartweg 1446 ” (K-000584603 photo! Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ; isolectotypes P!, E-00502225, photo!; NY-00011464, photo!).

Observations:— The name was originally published as “ Carex lemanniana ” that Boott (1845: 256) dedicated to C.M. Lehmann, in whose personal herbarium he studied the specimens quoted in the protologue. Boott wrote the name as “Lemann”. After that, the name and description of the species was transcribed again by Boott (1846: 121). The name was later corrected as “ Carex lehmanniana ” ( Walpers 1849: 910) . This is a case of an orthographic correction following ICN Art. 60.1 (ICN; Turland et al., 2018), not a publication of the name nor description as appeared in some databases such as tropicos.org (2021) and International Plant Names Index ( IPNI, 2021).

Although the indications of Boott’s in the protologue and the manuscript in the sheet, located the specimens in Colombia (Columbiae), actually the volcano Cotopaxi (Montis ignivomi Cotopaxi) belongs to Ecuador. It must take into account the situation of Ecuador as a department of Great Colombia until 1831, even though the original description is dated in 1845.

Boott, F. M. D. (1845) Caricis species novae, vel minus cognitae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 254 - 258. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / bibliography / 8250]

Boott, F. M. D. (1846) Caricis species novae, vel minus cognitae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 115 - 147. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1846. tb 00413. x

IPNI (2021) International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U. K. Available from: http: // www. ipni. org (Accessed 16 February 2022)

Turland, N. J., Wiersema, J. H., Barrie, F. R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D. L., Herendeen, P. S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W. - H., Li, D. - Z., Marhold, K., May, T. W., McNeill, J., Monro, A. M., Prado, J., Price, M. J. & Smith, G. F. (Eds.) (2018) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. Glashutten: Koeltz Botanical Books. https: // doi. org / 10.12705 / Code. 2018

Walpers, W. G. (1849) Annales botanices systematicae I. Leipzig, Germany, 910 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 7556

Gallery Image

FIGURE 13. Lectotype of Carex lehmanniana Boott preserved at the Royal Botanic Gardens (K). Reproduced with permission. (Available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K00058460).

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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Carex