Elleanthus kermesinus (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 478. 1862.

Dudek, Magdalena & Szlachetko, Dariusz L., 2021, Lectotypification of six names in the genus Elleanthus (Orchidaceae) described from J. J. Linden's collection, PhytoKeys 182, pp. 93-106 : 93

Elleanthus kermesinus (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 478. 1862.

Evelyna kermesina Basionym: Evelyna kermesina Lindl., Orchidaceae Lindenianae 11. no 61. 1846. Type: Venezuela, Tolima, Mariquita "from the forests of Tolima in the Province of Mariquita at the height of 9000 feet [2743 m], January", Linden 1276; Lectotype (designated here): P (P00419576); isolectotype: BR (BR0000013083366).

Note.

In the short note following the protologue, Lindley (1846: 11) cited the collection Linden 1276. We have found two specimens corresponding to the original description. All of them bear Linden 1276 and were labelled as Evelyna kermesina Lindl. and designated as the type. These are deposited in the following Herbaria: the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle and Meise Botanic Garden. However, in the Botanic Garden in Kew, there was found a drawing based on type material, but it was not made by the author of species. This sheet embraces particular segments of flowers (a dorsal sepal, a lateral sepal, a petal and a lip), a floral bract and a gynostemium. The best preserved specimen, kept in the Paris Herbarium (P00419576), contains not only vegetative parts, but also an inflorescence with a flower (Fig. 6 ). The specimen has linear/lanceolate, mucronate and coriaceous leaves, a fractiflex inflorescence and two small, oval calli on the base of the lip, which displays transverse thickening. According to Arts. 9.11 and 9.12 ( Turland et al. 2018), this specimen could be treated as the lectotype. The specimen from Meise Botanic Garden (BR0000013083366) is a sterile plant without flowers.

Figures

Figure 6. Evelyna kermesina Lindl. Specimen Linden 1276 at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (P 00419576) designated here as lectotype (CC BY 4.0; http: // coldb. mnhn. fr / catalognumber / mnhn / p / p 00419576).