Rubus malifolius Focke (1890

Idrees, Muhammad & Zhang, Zhiyong, 2022, Lectotypification of 16 names in Rubus subg. Idaeobatus, 12 names in R. subg. Malachobatus, and 1 name in R. subg. Chamaebatus (Rosaceae), Phytotaxa 559 (1), pp. 13-24 : 20

25. Rubus malifolius Focke (1890 : t. 1947)

Type (lectotype designated here):— CHINA. Hupeh [Hubei], District of Chienshi , A. Henry 5794 (barcode K000737665!, isolectotypes: BM000622260!, GH00040667!, LE 01015291 !, US00097945!) . [Image available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000737665].

Note:—In the protologue, Focke (1890) cited one collection: “Hab. China: Prov. Hupeh, District of Chienshi, Dr. A. Henry 5794 ” as the type, without indicating the herbaria where the specimen was deposited. We located five duplicate sheets, deposited in BM, GH, K, LE, and US. According to Arts. 9.6, and 40 Note 1 ( Turland et al. 2018), none of them can be treated as holotype, but all these collections should be regarded as syntypes; hence, a lectotype may be designated (Art. 9.17 of ICN). It is well known that Focke’ original type materials were deposited in A, B, BORD, BR, BREM, HAN, K, LE, W. Thus, we designate here the sheet kept in K (barcode 000737665) as the lectotype (Art. 9.12). The selected sheet is a complete and well-preserved specimen that displays all the morphological diagnostic features in agreement with the protologue.