Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. (Presl)

Ilardi, Vincenzo & Troia, Angelo, 2021, Re-evaluation and typification of Foeniculum piperitum (Apiaceae), an underknown medicinal plant and crop wild relative, Phytotaxa 508 (2), pp. 197-205 : 202

Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. (Presl) 1: p. xxvi. 1826

≡ Anethum piperitum Ucria in Nuov. Racc. Opusc. Aut. Sicil. vi. (Pl. Linn. Op. Addend. & Secund. Linn.Syst.) 250. 1793.

≡ Meum piperitum (Ucria) Schult., Syst. Veg. , ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 435. 1820.

≡ Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum (Ucria) Bég. in Ann. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 3: 447. 1907 (≡ Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum (Ucria) Cout., Fl. Portugal: 450. 1913).

Ind. loc.: Non indicated explicitly [by implication, described from Sicily]– Lectotype (designated here) ( Fig. 2 ): [illustration] “ foeniculum Asininum folis crispis sive Millefolij gravé olens” in Cupani (1713), Panphyt. Sicul. 1: t. 117. 1713– Epitype (designated here): ITALY. Sicily, southern slopes of the limestone massif of Rocca Busambra, 37° 50’ 51.60” N; 13° 21’ 20.75” E, ca. 700 m elevation, 24 Oct 2020, Troia & Ilardi s.n. ( PAL 109712 !).

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FIGURE 2. Lectotype of Anethum piperitum Ucria (Cupani 1713, vol. 1: t. 117) (reproduced from Pastena et al. 2003).