Stellera pubescens Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr.

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Stellera pubescens Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 466(–467). 1827. [1 October 1827]

≡ Passerina annua (Salisb.) Wikstr. var. pubescens (Guss.) Ten., Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol., Add. Emend. alt.: 565. 1831–1832. [August 1831 – 1832] ≡ Passerina annua (Salisb.) Wikstr. var. pubescens (Guss.) Ten., Fl. Napol. 4(5): 163. 1831–1832. [August 1831 –1832], isonym ≡ Lygia pubescens (Guss.) C.A.Mey., Bull. Cl. Phys. -Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1(23): 358. 1843. [24 April 1843] ≡ Thymelaea arvensis Lam. var. pubescens (Guss.) Meisn., Prodr. 14(2): 552. 1857. [late November 1857] ≡ Thymelaea gussonei Boreau, Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 4: 121. 1858. ≡ Thymelaea arvensis Lam. subsp. pubescens (Guss.) Arcang., Comp.

Fl. Ital.: 604. 1882. [January–April 1882] ≡ Lygia passerina ( L.) Fasano [unranked] pubescens (Guss.) H.Linb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn .,

Ser. B, Opera Biol. 2(7): 24. 1946. ≡ Thymelaea passerina (L.) Coss. & Germ. subsp. pubescens (Guss.) Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 2: 1427,

1897. 1985.

Ind. Loc.:—“In argillosis, inter segetes, et post messem in arvis; Palermo, Altavilla, Alcamo, Trapani, Vicari, Caltanissetta, Alimena, Polizzi, Catania, Lentini, Palagonia, ec.”. SIC

Type:—Not designated.

Note:—Publishing catalogue of Tenore’s books inserted in some copies stored in Milan Natural History Museum and Harvard University allows to state the publication dates of Fl. Napol. 4(6–10) as 1832–1833. Thymelaea gussonei Boreau is a replacent name for Stellera pubescens Guss. , non Thymelaea pubescens ( L.) Meisn., Prodr. [ A. P. de Candolle] 14(2): 558. 1857 [late November 1857]. Originally published as “ Gussoni ”, it is to be corrected in “ gussonei ” (Arts. 60.8 & 60.9 of the ICN).

Compiled by:— G. Barberis