Typification of names allied to Centaurea ambigua (Asteraceae) from the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

By

Bartolucci, Fabrizio
Conti, Fabio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-12-20

Original Publication

Comparative cytogenetics : international journal of plant & animal cytogenetics, karyosystematics and molecular systematics

Volume

18

Pages

215--223

Subjects

endemism , lectotype , Nomenclature , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

St. Petersburg, Russia [Published] with technical support of Zoological Institute RAS [2007]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.18.143065

 

Abstract

A contribution to the nomenclature of the Italian endemic Centaurea ambigua is presented. A survey of original material for the names applied to the three currently accepted subspecies (C. ambigua subsp. ambigua, C. ambigua subsp. laciniata, C. ambigua subsp. nigra) was performed. Lectotypes for five names based on specimens preserved at FI, G and NAP are designated: C. ambigua, C. dissecta var. macrocephala, C. dissecta var. melanocephala, C. dissecta var. nigra, and C. laciniata. Finally, C. ambigua subsp. laciniata, actually considered a subspecies narrowly endemic to Abruzzo (central Italy), is proposed here as a heterotypic synonym of C. ambigua subsp. ambigua.