Elleanthus lupulinus (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 483. 1861.

Dudek, Magdalena & Szlachetko, Dariusz L., 2021, Lectotypification of six names in the genus Elleanthus (Orchidaceae) described from J. J. Linden's collection, PhytoKeys 182, pp. 93-106 : 93

Elleanthus lupulinus (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 483. 1861.

Evelyna lupulinus Basionym: Evelyna lupulinus Lindl., Orchidaceae Lindenianae 11. no. 63. 1846. Type: Venezuela, Merida "plant from the vicinity of the Paramo of the Sierra Nevada, at the height of 10 000 feet [3038 m], August", Linden 642; Lectotype (designated by Garay 1978: 88): K-L; isolectotypes: P (P00389658), W-R (W-R17080, W-R51365), MO (MO1109600).

Note.

Dodson and Luer (2010) selected a specimen from the Kew Herbarium as the holotype. This action is against the rules of the Code of Botanical Nomenclature. In the protologue, Lindley (1846) did not indicate where the type collection was deposited. In accordance with Arts. 9.11 and 9.12 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), if the plant name was published without indicating a holotype, a lectotype can be selected. We found that the gathering of Linden 642 actually consists of five specimens deposited at K, P, W and MO. All of these specimens are labelled as the type and a comparison of the features against the original description of the species reveals that they correspond to Evelyna lupulina Lindl. In such a situation, the lectotype may be designated from amongst these specimens. However, Garay (1978), in Flora of Ecuador, used the term type for the K specimen, while it can serve as the lectotype. According to Art. 9.10 of the Code of Nomenclature ( Turland et al. 2018), Garay unknowingly designated a lectotype. A misused term may be corrected because this case meets the requirements of Art. 7.11 ( Turland et al. 2018).