Crenularia eunomioides Boiss., Diagn. Pl.

AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier’s Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, Boissiera 72, pp. 1-193 : 140

Crenularia eunomioides Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 41. 1856.

 Aethionema eunomioides (Boiss.) Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 28: 535. 1911.

Type: “Hab. in schistosis meridionalibus vallis Gusguta Tauri Cilicici alt. 7000' cl. Kotschy. Fl. Jun. Fruct. Jul.”.

Lectotypus (designated here): TURKEY: “Iter Cilicicum in Tauri alpes ‘Bulgar Dagh.’ In schistosis austro oppositis vallis Gusguta et Dasch Olugh”, 7000' [2130 m], 26.VI.1853 and 2.VII.1853, Kotschy 32 201 23d ( G-BOIS [ G00154063 ]; isolecto-: G [ G00002436 ], GOET [ GOET002669 ], K [ K000075759 ], P [ P00835107 , P00835108 , P00835109 , P00835110 ], S [ S1216214 ], W [ W0005563 ], WAG [ WAG0004255 ]) . Syntypus: TURKEY: “Iter Cilicicum in Tauri alpes ‘ Bulgar Dagh .’ In schistosis austro oppositis vallis Gusguta et Dasch Olugh”, 7000' [2130 m], 26.VI.1853 and 2.VII.1853, Kotschy 32 201 23d ( G [ G00002436 ], G-BOIS [ G00154063 ], GOET [ GOET002669 ], K [ K000075759 ], P [ P00835107 , P00835108 , P00835109 , P00835110 ], S [ S1216214 ], W [ W0005563 ], WAG [WAG0004255]) .

Notes. – Lectotypification of this species name involves several factors that contribute to its complexity.

First, many of the Brassicaceae material collected by Kotschy and sent to Boissier for determination were accompanied by Kotschy’s handwritten labels, after which Kotschy distributed the exsiccatae with printed labels (for a good example, see the above-mentioned typification of Brossardia papyracea var. kotschyi ). For this species, two rather vague labels saying “Plantae Tarui Cilicici. Th. Kotschy 1853”, accompanied with the printed, complex, exsiccatae label, were sent to Boissier.

Second, that complex label gives two collection dates (June 26 and July 2), two localities (Gusguta et Dasch Olugh), three of Kotschy’s collection numbers (23d, 32, and 201), and identification as Lipophragma eunomiodes , a nomen nudum listed by BOISSIER (1856) but not elsewhere.

Third, it is impossible to know which plant was collected from where, at what date, and what collection number was assigned.

Fourth, Crenularia eunomioides is a perfectly good species not yet typified despite its original description over 110 years ago.

Fifth, both flowering and fruiting material are on the sheets, and it is impossible to tell which was collected when because the difference in the collection dates are only six days apart, and without knowing the altitude and locality of each plant material, the situation becomes rather complex.

Finally, in order to lectotypify the name, an arbitrary decision is made here to select the best fruiting material as lecto- and isolectotypes regardless to place and date of collection and collection number in order to avoid the situation where such a well-known species name ought to be discarded as an ambiguous name.