Dianthus caryophyllus f. minor Moris, Fl. Sardoa 1: 231. 1837. [April 1837]

Domina, Gianniantonio, Astuti, Giovanni, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Barone, Giulio, Resetnik, Ivana, Terlevic, Ana, Thiebaut, Melanie & Peruzzi, Lorenzo, 2021, Typification of 14 names in the Dianthus virgineus group (Caryophyllaceae), PhytoKeys 187, pp. 1-14 : 1

Dianthus caryophyllus f. minor Moris, Fl. Sardoa 1: 231. 1837. [April 1837]

Dianthus morisianus = D. morisianus Vals., Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 24: 333. 1985. Ind. Loc.: "In arenosis maritimis [Sardinia]".

Type.

(lectotype here designated): Dianthus caryophyllus var tenuifolia , in arenosis maritimis, S. Nicolai flumini major Majo junio / Mus. Bot. Horti Taurinensis, Herb. Moris Barbey Cat Sard. N.156, TO!

Note.

A single sheet was found in TO. Albeit it may represent the holotype, it is cautiously designated here as a lectotype.

The selected specimen, uniflorous, has fixed seven portions of plants whose leaves and flower scapes are smaller than those of the typical form. All other characters of the flowers correctly match the protologue. This taxon is a heterotypic synonym of D. morisianus , a species described by Valsecchi (1985) for the same area and habitat ( Peruzzi et al. 2015), that shows the same leaf length and width and, albeit with multiflowered scapes, the same length and shape of outer and inner bracts, and the same calyx length and shape.