Lithospermum commutatum Bianca

Cecchi, Lorenzo & Selvi, Federico, 2015, Typification of names in Boraginales described from Sicily, Natural History Sciences 2 (2), pp. 97-99 : 98

Lithospermum commutatum Bianca in Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, Ser. II, 1: 292: 1844. [ Alkanna tinctoria Tausch ]

Locus classicus: [ Italy, Sicily] “dintorni di �vola”.

Lectotype (here designated): [ Italia, Sicilia] “ In pas- cuis et ad vias collium ( Avola )”, s.d., Bianca, Fl. Dint. Avola 150 ( FI!).

Other original material: [ Italy, Sicily] “in collibus, Avola”, s.d., Bianca ( FI!) .

Note. Despite no information on the collection date is provided, neither on the label nor on the museum accession book, the lectotype specimen was most probably collected before 1844 for the preparation of the Flora dei dintorni d’Avola ( Bianca, 1844 -1845). It was later sent to Florence, in 1861 (accession remark), with the name “ Lithospermum commutatum ” and the publication details on the label. The other specimen, sent to Parlatore in 1842, two years before the publication of the name, had been provisionally identified as “ Lithospermum tinctorium Dec. ?” and is therefore not selected as lectotype.