Dianthus sylvestris var. garganicus Ten., Fl. Napol. Syll.: 208. 1831. [July-August 1831]

Domina, Gianniantonio, Astuti, Giovanni, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Barone, Giulio, Resetnik, Ivana, Terlevic, Ana, Thiebaut, Melanie & Peruzzi, Lorenzo, 2021, Typification of 14 names in the Dianthus virgineus group (Caryophyllaceae), PhytoKeys 187, pp. 1-14 : 1

Dianthus sylvestris var. garganicus Ten., Fl. Napol. Syll.: 208. 1831. [July-August 1831]

Dianthus caryophyllus garganicus ≡ D. caryophyllus subsp. garganicus (Ten.) Grande, Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1912: 178. 1912.

Dianthus caryophyllus garganicus ≡ D. caryophyllus var. garganicus (Ten.) Fiori, Nuova Fl. Italia 1: 512. 1924.

Dianthus sylvestris garganicus ≡ D. sylvestris subsp. garganicus (Ten.) Pignatti, Giorn. Bot. Ital. 107: 211. 1973.

Dianthus garganicus ≡ D. garganicus (Ten.) Brullo, Braun-Blanquetia 2: 31. 1988.

Dianthus tarentinus = D. tarentinus Lacaita, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 18(4): 511. 1911. Ind. Loc.: “Gargano”.

Type.

(lectotype here designated): Dianthus sylvaticus , D. sylvestris Ten. Fl. Neap. Prodr. (1811) p. xxv. - Eiusd. Fl. Nap. I (1811-1815) p. 231, Gargano, Tenore misit Nov 1827 / Herb. J. Gay., Presented by Dr. Hooker, February 1868, K000725365 (photo!).

Note.

In the same herbarium sheet three herbarium specimens, sent by Michele Tenore to Jaques Étienne Gay, are mounted. K000725363 was collected by Tenore from Calmaldoli (Campania, Italy) in November 1825; K000725364 by Nicolas Bové from La Calle (Algeria) in June 1839, and K000725365 by Tenore from Gargano (Apulia, Italy) in November 1827. In NAP there is a specimen from Gargano with the handwriting by Michele Tenore, lacking a date.

The lectotype designated here matches the protologue and corresponds to the current application of the name, which is considered as a heterotypic synonym of D. tarentinus Lacaita ( Bacchetta et al. 2010; Brullo and Guarino 2017; Bartolucci et al. 2018). This synonymy is here confirmed based on the shape and size of the leaves, of the scales of the epicalyx and of the calyx which are observable on the types of the two taxa.