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Revised typification of Campanula sibirica (Campanulaceae)
Author(s) -
Sennikov Alexander N.,
Tikhomirov Valery N.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.12016
Subject(s) - typification , campanulaceae , biology , botany , zoology , geography , taxonomy (biology) , nomenclature
The protologue of Campanula sibirica included two taxonomically discordant elements. The first element (two illustrations, depicting a plant from Italy) is identifiable as C. dichotoma , and the second element (one specimen from Siberia at LINN, collected by J.G. Gmelin) belongs to C. sibirica subsp. sibirica . Although the specimen was left unannotated by Linnaeus, it is part of the original material because of its morphological characters and provenance; this is confirmed from the correspondence between Linnaeus and Gmelin. This specimen is designated as the lectotype, and this choice supersedes the earlier “lectotypification” (correctable to neotypification) with a specimen at LINN that was sent to Linnaeus by G.A. Scopoli in 1762.