Fritillaria delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 115. 1873

Bartolucci, Fabrizio & Peruzzi, Lorenzo, 2012, Typification of Fritillaria tubiformis Gren. & Godr., Fritillaria delphinensis f. moggridgei Planch. and Fritillaria delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. (Liliaceae) from SW Europe, Candollea 67 (1), pp. 23-29 : 28

3. Fritillaria delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 115. 1873 .

≡ Fritillaria delphinensis subsp. burnatii (Planch.) K. Richt. , Pl. Eur. 1: 212. 1890.

≡ Fritillaria tubiformis var. burnatii (Planch.) Rouy, Fl. France 12: 403. 1910.

≡ Fritillaria meleagris subsp. burnatii (Planch.) Rix in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 356. 1978.

Lectotypus (here designated): FRANCE. Maritime Alps: Pâturages au mont Piernaude près le col de Tende, 29.VI.1861, E. Borgeau 346 ( G-BU!, complete individual on the right ; iso-: FI!, G!) ( Fig. 4 , arrow).

Syntypi. – FRANCE. Maritime Alps: Sommites voisines du col de Tende, route de Margherita di Caramagna , 30.VI. 1872, E. Burnat s.n. ( G-BU!, G! sub F. sp. nov.?/ F. meleagris All. herb. pr. Parte, MPU!); Sommites voisines du col de Tende (Piemont), dans les paturages secs (sur la route entre le sommes du Col et Margherita di Caramagna ), 30.VI.1872, E. Burnat s.n. ( K! sub F. allionii Planch. ined.).

In the protologue, PLANCHON (1873) quotes several type localities in the Maritime Alps and only two collections (29.VI.1861, Borgeau 346 in Herb. Thuret and 30.VI. 1872, Burnat s.n. in Herb. Thuret). We traced in G-BU, K, MPU and FI specimens, from the cited localities, that can be considered as original material (syntypes). Among these, there is one in G-BU, which is labelled as F. delphinensis var. burnatii manu Planch. (January, 1873). The complete individual on the right is chosen as the lectotype.

Taxonomic discussion. – Fritillaria meleagris subsp. burnatii has long been confused with other close taxa (in herbaria checked by us: F. meleagris L. , F. involucrata All. and F. delphinensis or fully synonymized with F. tubiformis , mostly by Italian botanists (i.e., FIORI, 1923; ZANGHERI, 1976; PIGNATTI, 1982). After study of the selected lectotype and of the other available original material we are convinced that F. meleagris subsp. burnatii is an independent taxon actually closer to F. meleagris than to F. tubiformis . This hypothesis agrees with RIX (1978) in considering this unit as a subspecies of F. meleagris . Anyway, further studies aimed at clarifying the taxonomic value, the systematic status and the actual distribution of this taxon are in progress.

Specimen visum. – FRANCE. Maritime Alps: Col de Tende , Alpes Maritimes , fin VI.1868, Burnat s.n. ( FI!).

Figures

Fig. 4. – Lectotypus of the name Fritillaria delphinensis var. burnatii Planch. [E. Borgeau 346, G-BU] [© Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève]