Rhamnus hispanorum, Gandoger, 1905

Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo, Rosselló, Josep A. & Sáez, Llorenç, 2020, Typification of two Gandoger’s names in Rhamnus (Rhamnaceae), Phytotaxa 428 (2), pp. 146-152 : 148-151

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scientific name

Rhamnus hispanorum
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Rhamnus hispanorum View in CoL

The protologue of Rhamnus hispanorum Gandoger (1905: 440) includes a Latin diagnosis “est forma peculiaris R. lycioidis foliis quam in typo duplo brevioribus semper tenuiter puberulis deciduis floribusque minoribus virescentibus acutis lobatis distincta, nec cum R. velutino Boiss. confundenda” and the provenance “Ubique ad rupes in provinciis Murciae, Valentiae Albacete et Baeticae orientalis ubi copiose legi. Floret aprilio-maio” (i.e., Spain, provinces of Murcia, Valencia, Albacete, Granada). We have found only one original specimen collected by Gandoger kept at M, with barcode M0211826. This sheet bears three plant fragments with leaves and flowers, and an original label handwritten by Gandoger “ Rhamnus hispanorum Gdgr ! sp. nova. / Murcia, Yecla, ad rupes –alt. 900 m. / 24.4.1902 / M. Gandoger”. This specimen is therefore designated as the lectotype of the name Rhamnus hispanorum . This material can be identified as belonging to aggregate R. lycioides Linnaeus (1753: 279) [lectotype designated by Jafri in Jafri & El-Gadi, 1977: 10): Herb. Linn. No. 262.3 (LINN); image available at http://linnean-online.org/2724/)], specifically to R. lycioides subsp. borgiae . Therefore Gandoger’s name R. hispanorum can be treated as a heterotypic synonym ( Rivas-Martínez & Pizarro 2011, 2015).

Rhamnus hispanorum Gandoger (1905: 440) View in CoL

Type (lectotype, designated here):—[ Spain] Murcia, Yecla, ad rupes alt. 900 m, 24 April 1902, M. Gandoger s.n., M, (barcode M 0211826) (image available at https://plants.jstor.org/stable/viewer/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.m0211826) ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ).

= R. lycioides subsp. borgiae Rivas-Martínez & Pizarro (2011: 58) View in CoL

R. lycioides var. pubescens Rouy (1882: 46) View in CoL

- R. lycioides var. velutina f. prostrata Borja (1950: 410) View in CoL [nom. inval., sine descr. lat.]

- R. lycioides subsp. borgiae Rivas-Martínez (1963: 379) View in CoL [nom. inval., sine typ.]

- R. borgiae (Rivas-Martínez) Ballester, Figuerola, Peris & Stübing View in CoL (in Stübing & Esteve 1991: 206) [comb. inval.]

Type (lectotype designated by Ferrer-Gallego et al. 2015: 59): —[ Spain] Játiva: rochers vers le sommet de la sierra de Venissia, 12 Juin 1880, G. Rouy s.n., LY-ROUY (barcode LY 0001097).

Borja, J. (1950) Estudio fitografico de la Sierra de Corbera (Valencia). Anales del Instituto Botanico A. J. Cavanilles 9: 361 - 483.

Ferrer-Gallego, P. P., Laguna, E. & Crespo, M. B. (2015) Sobre los tipos nomenclaturales de dos taxones de Rhamnus (Rhamnaceae) de la flora valenciana. Flora Montiberica 61: 58 - 63.

Gandoger, M. M. (1905) Notes sur la Flore espagnole. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 52: 438 - 462. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00378941.1905.10829179

Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum. L. Salvius, Stockholm, 1200 pp.

Rivas-Martinez, S. (1963) Estudio sistematico - ecologico de las Rhamnaceas espanolas. Anales Real Academia de Farmacia 28: 365 - 397.

Rivas-Martinez, S. & Pizarro, J. M. (2011) Taxonomical system advance to Rhamnus L. & Frangula Mill. (Rhamnaceae) of Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. International Journal of Geobotanical Research 1: 55 - 78. https: // doi. org / 10.5616 / ijgr 110004

Rivas-Martinez, S. & Pizarro, J. M. (2015) Rhamnus L. In: Castroviejo, S., Munoz Garmendia, F., Navarro, C., Quintanar, A. & Buira, A. (Eds.) Flora iberica, 9. Real Jardin Botanico, CSIC, Madrid, pp. 11 - 50.

Rouy, G. (1882) Excursions botaniques en Espagne, I. Herborisations aux environs de Jativa. 3 º Observations, remarques et diagnoses. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 29: 40 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00378941.1882.10828049

Stubing, G. & Esteve, A. (Coord.) (1991) Estudio multidisciplinar del Parque Natural del Montgo (Alicante). Monografies 10. Agencia del Medi Natural. Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia.

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FIGURE 3. Lectotype of Rhamnus hispanorum, M (barcode M0211826). Image courtesy of the herbarium M, reproduced with permission.

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

LY

Laboratoire de Mycologie associe au CNRS

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rhamnaceae

Genus

Rhamnus