Celsia tomentosa Zuccarini (1837: 330) Verbascum graecum var. zuccarinii Boissier (1879: 336) V. tomentosum (Zucc.) Kuntze (1891: 469) V. zuccarinii (Boiss.) Nyman (1881: 531) V. zuccarinii (Boiss.) Ferguson (1971: 230) Typification of the names Verbascum limnense and Celsia tomentosa (Scrophulariaceae) and a new nothospecies, V. × sipiadense, with the hybrid formula V. limnense × V. sinuatum Zografidis, Aris Esser, Hans-Joachim Dimopoulos, Panayotis Raus, Thomas Phytotaxa 2022 2022-04-05 542 2 214 220 7FQBH Fraas (1845: 191) Fraas 191 1845 [136,597,1172,1199] Magnoliopsida Scrophulariaceae Verbascum Plantae Lamiales 1 215 Tracheophyta species limnense   Type:—  GREECE. Chalkidos: Euboea, ‘ad Limni urbem’, date unknown,  Fraass.n.(not traced).  Neotype(designated here):— GREECE. Chalkidos: Evvia( Euboea), near Limni, roadsides and small slopes on sedimentary (conglomerate) rocks, in phryganic formations /open  Pinus halepensiswoodland,  20 m, 38°47’N, 23°19’E,  2 May 2020,  Zografidis633( UPA33037! & UPA 33038!, mounted on two sheets;  isoneotype ATH!). Fig. 1.   Notes:—According to Hertel & Schreiber (1988)and Goerdten (2021), at least parts of Fraas’s herbarium are said to have survived in J.G. Zuccarini’s herbarium (now M, accessed 1849) or in the Herbarium of the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Munich (accessed 1929). Original material of  V. limnense, however, could not be traced in Munich. Original material of Fraas’s taxon was kept in Spruner’s collection in B seen by Murbeck (1933: 408)who clarified its synonymy with  C. tomentosa. Unfortunately, this material has most likely been destroyed during World War II (R. Vogt, pers. comm.). Since no original material of the name  V. limnenseis traced, a neotypebased on a recent collection of the species is designated.   =  Celsia tomentosa Zuccarini (1837: 330).—  Verbascum graecumvar. zuccarinii Boissier (1879: 336).—  V. tomentosum(Zucc.) Kuntze (1891: 469), nom. illeg., non Lamarck (1779: 260).—  V. zuccarinii(Boiss.) Nyman (1881: 531), nom. inval.—  V. zuccarinii(Boiss.) Ferguson (1971: 230), nom. illeg. Lectotype(designated here):— GREECE. Lokridos: ‚Zweite Tagesreise v. Negrop. nach Zeitun‘, June 1833, Berger s.n.(M-0244375!; isolectotype M-0244376!). Fig. 2.   Notes:—The original material of  Celsia tomentosain M consists of two specimenscollected in  June 1833by Franz Xaver Bergerduring his journey to Greeceas a field chaplain of the Bavarian Brigade( Kalheber 2006). Theindistinct handwriting of Bergeron the label of the designated lectotype( Fig. 2) was not fully deciphered by Zuccarini (1837)who, in the protologue, cited “inter Megaram et Zeitun”. Infact, Bergerwrote “Negrop.” instead of “Megaram”, hence the locus classicusof the species is between Negropont(Chalkida) and Zeitun(Lamia) in the general vicinity of the ancient city of Opus, what is today the Aegeancoast of Nomos Fthiotidosby the town of Atalanti, opposite the city of Limnion the island of Evvia(Euboea). Boththe words “Negropont” and “Opus” in Berger’shand are readable on the label of another duplicate ( Berger s.n., M-0244374!) which became available to Zuccarinionly after the publication of  C. tomentosa; it was part of the herbarium of Philipp Franz Wilhelm Ritter von Zwack-Holzhausen(1825–1903) that was transferred to M in 1845. Inhis  Celsiamonograph, however, Murbeck (1925)overlooked the citation of “Opus” on the label of the latter specimen and suggested that the plant was collected by Berger on Evvia(Euboea). Infact,  V. limnense(=  C. tomentosa) was long thought to be an Euboeanendemic until corroborative records from mainland Greecein the general vicinity of the locus classicusof  C. tomentosawere published ( Zografidis 2017). 3747628304 Fraas Greece Euboea Chalkidos 1 215 1 3747628302 2020-05-02 UPA Zografidis Greece Limni 20 38.783333 Chalkidos 1173 23.316668 Evvia 1 215 UPA33037, UPA 33038 1 neotype 3747628306 2020-05-02 ATH Zografidis Greece Limni 20 38.783333 Chalkidos 1173 23.316668 Evvia 1 215 UPA33037, UPA 33038 1 isoneotype