Daucus australis Poeppig ex Candolle (1830: 214)

Calviño, Carolina Isabel & Martínez, Susana Graciela, 2018, Typification of plant names belonging to subfamily Apioideae (Apiaceae) for the Flora of Argentina, Phytotaxa 379 (2), pp. 153-161 : 155

6. Daucus australis Poeppig ex Candolle (1830: 214) .

Lectotype (designated here):— CHILE. In ruderat. marit. at Concon, E. F. Poeppig Diar. 330 (Coll. Pl. Chil. I 97) ( HAL0066181 !; isolectotype, P00757836!).

= Daucus pusillus Michaux (1803: 164) .

Notes:—In the original publication of Daucus australis, Candolle (1830) attributes the name to Poeppig and cites a specimen labeled with Poeppig´s name. He indicates that he had examined Chilean specimens from two collectors, Poeppig and Bertero, but does not designate any particular collection as type material. Therefore, Candolle´s name was based on several syntypes. By examining Poeppig´s collection ( HAL 0066181, P00757836) and several possible Bertero syntypes (P00757829, P00757831, P00757830) it is evident that the material is heterogeneous. The collection of Poeppig corresponds to D. pusillus , whereas those of Bertero to D. montanus . The specimen Poeppig Diar. 330 (in HAL) has been chosen as lectotype because it is undoubtedly original material and corresponds also with the description. By designating this lectotype, D. australis Candolle is now included under the synonymy of D. pusillus Michaux for the first time; in Flora Patagónica ( Constance 1988) and in the catalogue of the vascular plants of the Southern Cone ( Zuloaga et al. 2008) the binomial of Candolle is indicated as a synonym of D. montanus Sprengel.