Stellaria depressa Em. Schmid, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 41 (1932)

Wang, Wenqiao, Su, Zhiwei & Ma, Zhonghui, 2020, Lectotypification of five names in the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in China, PhytoKeys 170, pp. 71-81 : 71

Stellaria depressa Em. Schmid, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 41 (1932)

Lectotype

(designated here):-China, Tschu-sang-po, am Lanak-La, August 13, 1927, Bosshard s.n. (Z000002693 digital image!, Figure 1 ; Isolectotypes: China, Aksai-Chin, Bosshard s.n., Z barcode Z000002691 digital image!, China, Ladakh, Zingrul, Bosshard s.n., Z barcode Z000002692 digital image!).

Note.

When Schmid first described S. depressa , he cited three specimens " Bosshard s.n., 16. VII. 1927; Bosshard s.n., 13. VIII. 1927; Bosshard s.n., 5. IX. 1927" collected by Bosshard from Ladakh and Tibet, but he didn’t designate any one of them as holotype in the protologue. According to Stafleu and Cowan (1993), Bosshard’s specimens were deposited in W and Z. We traced three specimens of S. depressa collected by Bosshard deposited in Z (Z000002693 digital image!, Z000002691 digital image!, Z000002692 digital image!). Although they were collected by Bossard at different time, it seems that they were treated as types since they all have the label “Typus”. However, according to Arts. 9.1, 9.6, and 40 Note 1 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), none of them can be treated as holotype, but all should be considered as syntypes. Given a label on the specimen sheet with the description matching the protologue of S. depressa , its good preservation, and the perfect presence of flower and inflorescence, Z000002693 is designated here as the lectotype according to Art. 9.3 and 9.4 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 1. Lectotype of S. depressa Em. Schmid (Walter Bosshard, Bosshard s. n., Z 000002693).