Elleanthus coriifolius (Rchb.f ex Linden) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 478. 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 coriifolius (Rchb.f ex Linden) Rchb.f., Annales Botanices Systematicae 6: 478. 1861.

Evelyna coriifolia Basionym: Evelyna coriifolia Rchb. f. ex Linden, Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 710. 1852. Type: Colombia, "Neu Granada", Linden 1272; Lectotype (designated here): W-R (W-R51672).

Note.

In the protologue of Evelyna coriifolia Rchb.f., the author indicates the gathering Linden 1272 as the type. We found only one specimen of this collection deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna (Fig. 3a ). This specimen has no type designation, but it is labelled with the same collector as in the protologue. We analysed the vegetative and floral features and compared them with diagnosis. It is noteworthy that our analytical drawing (Fig. 3c ) is somewhat different from details depicted by Reichenbach (Fig. 3b ). In our opinion, the only explanation is that Reichenbach prepared his sketches, based on premature flower and this this is clearly visible on his illustration of the flower (upper part of the sketch), which is narrowly tubular. His presentation of the lip clearly suggests that the apical part of the lip was not fully pressed and corpuscles are undeveloped.

In addition, in Kew, there is a sheet which bears a drawing made on the basis of a specimen from Vienna. It is marked as a type as well; however, it was not made by the author of the species. According to the Code of Nomenclature ( Turland et al. 2018) this drawing cannot be treated as part of the original material.

Figures

Figure 3. Evelyna coriifolia Rchb. f. ex Linden a specimen Linden 1272 at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna (W-R 51672) designated here as lectotype b Reichenbach's drawing c based on Szlachetko's drawing of the original material (A. Krol): A - dorsal sepal, B - lateral sepal, C - petals, D - lip, E - gynostemium.