Rubus croceacanthus Léveillé (1912: 33)

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 : 15

6. Rubus croceacanthus Léveillé (1912: 33)

Type (lectotype designated here):— SOUTH KOREA. Corée : Quelpaert, dans les haies a Setchimeri, May 1911, T. Taquet 5554 (barcode E00010581!, isolectotypes: P00755222!, P00755224!). [Image available at https://data.rbge. org.uk/herb/E00010581] .

Note:— Léveillé (1912) mentioned the following locality: “ Corée, Quelpaert, dans les haies a Setchimeri, mai 1911 (Taquet 5554, 5555, 5556, 5557)” in the protologue when he describing Rubus croceacanthus , but did not indicate the holotype specimen. In addition, no author has designated a lectotype, even inadvertently (Art. 7.11 of ICN). According to Stafleu and Cowan (1979), all of the Léveillé’s type specimens have been purchased by E in 1919. We locate four collections, one of them “ Taquet 5554 ” deposited in E (barcode 00010581), and P (barcode 00755222 and 00755224), the specimen “ Taquet 5555 ” in E (barcode 00313545), the specimen “ Taquet 5556 ” in E (barcode 00313544), and the specimen “ Taquet 5557 ” in E (barcode 00313543); all these collections should be regarded as syntypes (Art. 9.6 of ICN). All the specimens in E bear the information “ Syntype Rubus croceacanthus H. Léveillé ”, and it is necessary to select one of them as the lectotype (Art. 9.12 of ICN). Hence, we designate the blooming specimen of“ T. Taquet 5554 ” in E (barcode 00010581) as the lectotype since it is morphological complete with the presence of stem, leaves, inflorescence and flower that fully correspond with the protologue.