Camellia reticulata Lindl. f. simplex Sealy, Revis. Gen. Camellia 183. (1958)

Zhao, Dongwei, 2022, Typification of six names in Camellia (Theaceae), PhytoKeys 201, pp. 15-22 : 15

1. Camellia reticulata Lindl. f. simplex Sealy, Revis. Gen. Camellia 183. (1958)

Lectotype.

(designated here): China. Yunnan: Northeast of Tengyueh (Tengchong), 20°10'N, 6000 ft alt., March 1913, G. Forrest 9715 (K!; Fig. 1 ).

Notes.

Sealy (1958: 183) established the new form to represent the wild plants of C. reticulata since the latter was described based on a plant with semi-double flowers ( Zhao 2022). A gathering, Forrest 9715, was designated as the type of the form. Sealy (1958: 182) cited " Forrest 9715 (E, K)" on the page before the protologue, so the collection Forrest 9715 at Herbaria E and K are syntypes of C. reticulata f. simplex (Art. 40 Note 1 of the ICN). A single sheet of Forrest 9715 was found at E with barcode E00117770 (see http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00117770). However, the single specimen of the collection at K bears Sealy’s drawing of a flower and his notes on the morphology, so it is selected above as the lectotype of the form (Fig. 1 ).

Ming (2000: 278) recognised C. reticulata f. simplex as a heterotypic synonym of C. reticulata . Though the original material of the species was derived from the cultivated plant, the current broad circumscription for C. reticulata covers wild plants under the ICN since the nomenclatural type does not need to be the most typical or representative of a natural species (Art. 7.2 of the ICN). However, it is better to name cultivars according to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (Art. 28 Note 2; Brickell et al. 2016).

Figures

Figure 1. Lectotype of Camellia reticulata Lindl. f. simplex Sealy (G. Forrest 9715 at K). Photo: D. W. Zhao.