Agrimonia eupatoria var. major

Iamonico, Duilio, 2017, Agrimonia eupatoria subsp. major stat. nov. (Rosaceae) and notes on the Agrimonia eupatoria aggregate, Phytotaxa 298 (2), pp. 165-172 : 167

Agrimonia eupatoria var. major

Boissier (1872: 728) validly described Agrimonia eupatoria β- major ( variety rank ) providing a short diagnosis, and the provenance (“ in Parnasso et alii montibus Graeciae ” as “ Folia majora magis hirsuta, spica densior, fructus major et latior. Minime varietas distincta sed forma ad typum transiens ”); the citation of a specimen (“ Heldr! Orph. Fl. Graec. exs. 4241 ”) was also given (it is a sintype according to the Art. 9.5 of ICN). I found two specimens, the first one is preserved at G (Herb. Boissier, barcode 00330003) and it was collected by Theodorus G. Orphanides (sub A. graeca Boiss. & Heldr ) “ in Montibus Graeciae...in monte Parnasso... ” in July, 13 1854 (it is included in the “Flora Graeca Exiccata ” and coded as 424 as reported in the label), the second specimen is kept at E (barcode 00441241) and bears a label with the same citation (“No. 424. Flora Graeca Exsiccata ...in m. Parnassii...13 Jul...Theodorus H. Orphanides ”). The plants pinned on both the sheets match the Boissier’s diagnosis. Both G-00330003 and E-00441241 are part of the original material. I here designate the exsiccatum at G as the lectotype of the name A. eupatoria var. major ( Fig. 1 ), while that at E is the isolectotype.

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FIGURE 1. Box-plots regarding A) angle hypanthium/lowest bristles (measure in degree, axis y), and B) length of hypanthium + crown (measures in mm, axis y).