Alyssum masmenaeum Boiss., Diagn. Pl.

AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier’s Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, Boissiera 72, pp. 1-193 : 90-91

Alyssum masmenaeum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 36. 1856.

 Odontarrhena masmenaea (Boiss.) Španiel et al. in Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 2485. 2015.

Type: “Hab. in regione montanâ superiori montis Masmeneudagh, cl. Balansa. Floret Aug. Fruct. Sept.”.

Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “Région sousalpine du Masmeneu-Dagh, à 25 lieues au SSO. de Césarée”, 7.IX.1855, Balansa 430 ( G-BOIS [ G00332341 ]; isolecto-: A [ A00018520 ], BM [ BM000583944 plant on left], CAS [ CAS0026913 plant on left], G [ G00388923 two plants on left, G00388924 two plants on left], GOET [ GOET002690 ], JE [ JE00001891 plant on right], K [ K000484873 plant on lower left, K000484874 two plants on right, K000484875 two plants on right, K000484876 two plants on right], MPU [ MPU014241 ], OXF, P [ P02272312 plant on right, P02272314 lower plant, P02272315 , P02272316 ], W [ W0075785 plant on right, W18890076151 two plants on left], WAG [ WAG0004265 plant on right]) . Syntypus: TURKEY: “Région sous-alpine du MasmeneuDagh, à 25 lieues SSO. de Césarée”, 8.VIII.1855, Balansa 430 ( BM [ BM000583944 plant on right], CAS [ CAS0026913 plant on right], G [ G00388923 plants on right, G00388924 plants on right], G-BOIS [ G00332342 ], JE [ JE00001891 plant on left], K [ K000484873 plant on upper left, K000484874 plant on left, K000484875 plant on lower left, K000484876 plant on left], MPU [ MPU013491 ], P [ P02272312 plant on left, P02272313 , P02272314 plant on top], W [ W0075785 plant on left, W18890076151 plant on right], WAG [ WAG0004265 plant on left]) .

Notes. – With the exception of G00332342 with the handwritten field number 174, all other duplicates have printed labels with the exsiccatae number 430. All labels carry the initial species epithet “kotschyanum” that was replaced in publication with “masmenaeum”.

Because the fruits are very important taxonomically in Alyssum and Odontarrhena , the fruiting material collected on September 7 is selected as the lectotype collection and those in flower (collected on August 8) represent the syntypes.

As in the preceding species, DUDLEY (1965b) did not designate or annotate the lectotype from any of the two specimens each in G-BOIS or two at G. Furthermore, he considered both flowering and fruiting material as one collection and annotated both as isotypes. His mix-up was most likely resulted from the mixed collections (flowering and fruiting) on the majority of duplicates, including those at G and K. However, the flowering and fruiting plants are mounted on separate sheets in G-BOIS.