Alyssum nebrodense Tineo

Barone, Giulio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Gristina, Emilio Di, Mirabile, Giulia & Gargano, Maria Letizia, 2023, Typification of names published by Vincenzo Tineo from Sicily, Phytotaxa 612 (2), pp. 139-147 : 140

1. Alyssum nebrodense Tineo , Pl. Rar. Sicil.: 12. 1817. [August 1817]

≡ Odontarrhena nebrodensis (Tineo) L. Cecchi & Selvi , Inform. Bot. Ital. 45(2): 308. 2013. subsp. nebrodensis

Ind. Loc.: —“in Nebrodibus”.

Neotype (here designated):—[Sicily] Madonie, May, s. c. [manu V. Tineo] ( PAL6348 !, image available at: http://147.163.8.207/zoomify/ view_img.asp?ic=6348) .

Note:—Some specimens by Tineo were found in the main European herbaria (B, K, KFTA). KFTA0002142, K000484826, and B100244972 bears labels handwritten by V. Tineo each reporting only the name without locality and date. In PAL is housed the specimen without date PAL6348 from the Madonie Mountains. It is worth noting that during the 19 th century, both the names “Nebrodi” and “Madonie” were used to designate the mountain range that runs along the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily between the northern Himera river and the Pollina river. Due to historical circumstances, it is unlikely that this specimen could be considered original material. The Palermo herbarium was looted and damaged during the revolutionary uprisings of 1820 (see Coppoler 1828). For this reason, we decided to designate PAL6348 as neotype of the name. It is complete in all its parts, fits the original description and corresponds to the actual use of the name that applies to an accepted species occurring in the mountains of Sicily and Greece. The subspecies nebrodensis is endemic to the Madonie Mountains (Brullo & Brullo 2020).