Dianthus orophilus Jord. in Billot, Annot.: 43. 1856 [December 1856]

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 orophilus Jord. in Billot, Annot.: 43. 1856 [December 1856]

Dianthus caryophyllus orophilus ≡ D. caryophyllus var. orophilus (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. Fr. 3: 195. 1896 [July-August 1896]

Dianthus sylvestris = D. sylvestris Wulfen in Jacq., Coll. 1: 237. 1786. [January-September 1786]. Ind. Loc.: "schistes au Lautaret et dans le province de Maurienne (Savoie)".

Type.

(lectotype here designated): Dianthus orophilus , Dianthus sylvestris an var. gracilior , du Lautaret May [18]53-June [18]55 [ …], LY0825955!

Note.

Two syntypes from Col de Lautaret are housed at LY: LY0825955 and LY0087623, both in good condition. We have designated here the most complete one as lectotype. The selected type comes from Jordan’s garden, where it was cultivated since its first collection in 1853.

This specimen conforms to the description of the protologue and corresponds to the current application of the name, which is considered as a heterotypic synonym of D. sylvestris subsp. sylvestris in Kerguélen (1993). The lectotype of D. orophilus concerning the shape of calyx teeth, is very similar to the lectotype of D. inodorus (L.) Gaertn., which in turn is currently included within the variability of D. sylvestris ( Domina et al. 2021).