Elleanthus furfuraceus (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 480. 1861.

Dudek, Magdalena & Szlachetko, Dariusz L., 2021, Lectotypification of six names in the genus Elleanthus (Orchidaceae) described from J. J. Linden's collection, PhytoKeys 182, pp. 93-106 : 93

Elleanthus furfuraceus (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 480. 1861.

Evelyna furfuracea Basionym: Evelyna furfuracea Lindl., Orchidaceae Lindenianae 12. no. 65. 1846. Type: Venezuela, Trujillo "Agua de Obispo, at the height of 9000 feet [2743 m], May", Linden 627; Lectotype (designated here): P (P00389698); isolectotypes: P (P00389697), BR (BR0000013083588), W-R (W-R17083); Syntype: Venezuela, Merida "forest of Merida, at the height of 5500 feet [1676 m], June", Linden 619 (unknown location).

Note.

In describing Evelyna furfuracea , Lindley (1846: 12) cited two Linden collections: 619 and 627. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate Linden 619. However, collection Linden 627 is stored in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (two specimens), in Meise Botanic Garden (one specimen) and in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna (one specimen). However, only the specimens in P and BR are marked as the type collection and only one of them is a complete specimen (P00389698) (Fig. 5 ). It can be characterised by lanceolate, acuminate and coriaceous leaves; terminal, laxly to subdensely flowered (with few to several) inflorescences; and subrounded-ovate, acute bracts. This specimen has also a lip obovate to suborbicular in outline, concave, unlobed and retuse in the front and saccate at the base with two large, well-separated, ellipsoid/ovoid calli. Therefore, it has been selected as the lectotype (Fig. 5 ).

Figures

Figure 5. Evelyna furfuracea Lindl. Specimen Linden 627 at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (P 00389698) designated here as lectotype (CC BY 4.0; http: // coldb. mnhn. fr / catalognumber / mnhn / p / p 00389698).