Polygala boliviensis Bennett (1879: 171)

Martinez, Agustina, Zuloaga, Fernando Omar & Pastore, Jose Floriano B., 2018, Typification of names and nomenclatural notes on the South Andean and Patagonian species of Polygala Linnaeus (Polygalaceae), Phytotaxa 383 (2), pp. 219-224 : 220-221

3. Polygala boliviensis Bennett (1879: 171)

Lectotype (designated here):— BOLIVIA. La Paz: Prov. Larecaja, viciniis Sorata, Moyabaya 2650 m., G. Mandon 838 (BM 000947307!; isolectotypes BM 001014847!, BR 0000005418701!, F 0067459F!, F 0067458F!, G 00440350!, G 00440554!, GH 00025993!, K 000006002!, NY 00435709!, NY 00435710!, NY 00435711!, NY 00435712!, NY 00435713!, NY 00841998!, P 00733387!, P 00733388!, P 00733389!, S 08-18489!, US 00108908!, W 0068499!).

Protologue citation: —“In graminosis Prov. Larecaja, Andinum Boliviensium, Mandon, 838”

Notes:—In describing the species, Bennet wrote: “ The herbaria at my disposal, besides those at Kew and the British Museum, have been those belonging to the Berlin, Vienna, Munich, and Brussels Collections, and that of M. Warming. Dr. J. Miller of Geneva has also kindly identified for me some of the species described in De Candolle’s ‘ Prodromus . ”( Bennett 1879: 138). He did not, however, mention the housing location of the holotype collection. A total of 21 sheets of Gilbert Mandon’s collection 838 were examined at BM, BR, F, G, GH, K, NY, P, S, US, and W. The BM 000947307 specimen is here designated as a lectotype of the species, as it bears the label “ Polygala boliviensis n. sp. Determined by A. W. Bennet ”, is a complete specimen, and fully agrees with the protologue description. The original annotations on the K 000006002 specimen in Bennet’s hand (“ P. gracilis sed diversa,? sp. Nov. Polygala boliviensis A.W. Benn. in Jour. Bot. 1879 p. 171.”) indicate that the identification as P. boliviensis was made after the 1879 publication of his study, leaving unclear whether the Kew specimen had been used in the description of the species.

Distribution:— The species is found growing in dry valleys of the Andes, from Venezuela and Colombia to northwestern Argentina, in its provinces of Jujuy, Salta, and Tucumán.

4. Polygala chloroneura Grisebach (1874:75)

Lectotype (designated here):— ARGENTINA. Tucumán: Auf Alpenweiden bei d. Ciénega , 25-31/3/1872, P.G. Lorentz 117, (GOET 008777!; isolectotypes CORD 00005935!, K 000590963!)

Accepted name:— Polygala subandina Philippi (1864: 17) (synonymization by Bernardi 2000: 96)

Protologue citation:—“ Tucuman, in pascuis alpinis pr. Cienega”.

Notes: —We designate the GOET 008777 specimen as a lectotype of this name as it corresponds to the protologue description, it bears a label that reads: “ Prov. Tucumán. Auf Alpenweiden bei d. Ciénega ”, and is a complete specimen.

5. Polygala cordobensis Bennett (1895: 109)

Lectoype (designated here): — ARGENTINA: Córdoba. [Dpto: Sobremonte]. Ad viam inter Cerro Pértico et Cerro Molleyaco (Cuesta de la Yerba Buena). F. Kurtz 6737 (K 000590960!; isolectotypes CORD 00003047!, CORD 00003048!, CORD 00003049!)

Accepted name:— Polygala subandina Philippi (1864: 17) (synonymization by Bernardi 2000: 96)

Protologue citation: —“Kurtz, Nº 6737. Roadside between Cerro Pertigo and Cerro Molleyaco, Córdoba ”.

Notes:— Bennett (1895: 109) published this name using Federico Kurtz’s collection from Córdoba. Three of the sheets of that collection are deposited at CORD and one at K. We designate the K 000590960 specimen as a lectotype of P. cordobensis as it matches the protologue.

6. Polygala grisea Bennett (1895: 109)

Lectotype (designated here): — ARGENTINA: Mendoza. Crucesita , 10 leguas al sur de Mendoza, en la primer cadena de la Cordillera. 18-XI-1885, F. Kurtz 3645 (K 000590961!; isolectotype CORD 00003050!)

Accepted name:— Polygala subandina Philippi (1864: 17) (synonymization by Bernardi 2000: 96)

Protologue citation:—“ Kurtz, Nº 3645; 10 leguas al Sur de Mendoza en la catena de la Cordillera ”

Notes:— We designate the K 000590961 specimen as a lectotype of P. grisea , as it fully matches the protologue description and is a complete specimen; the CORD 00003050 specimen is designated as an isolectotype.

7. Polygala mendocina Philippi (1870: 162)

Lectotype (designated here): — ARGENTINA. [Mendoza]. Inter Mendoza et Santa Rosa. F. Philippi 148 (SGO 000002977!; isolectotypes P 00733504!, GOET 009611!)

Accepted name:— Polygala subandina Philippi (1864: 17) (synonymization by Bernardi 2000: 96)

Protologue citation:—“Vecindad de Mendoza ”.

Notes:— Describing the species, Rodolfo Amando Phillippi (1870: 162) mentioned that it was collected in the vicinity of Mendoza. We here designate the SGO 000002977 specimen, collected by Phillipi’s son, Federico Phillipi, between 1868 and 1869, and inscribed “Inter Mendoza et Santa Rosa”, as a lectotype as it matches the protologue description.