Correct type designation of the endemic Canary pine Pinus canariensis (Pinaceae). Issue 3 (2nd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prado, Jefferson; Lendemer, James; Tripp, Erin; Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo; Boisset, Fernando
• Is Part Of: Taxon. Volume 67:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 581
• Page End: 585
• Publication Date: 2018-04-02
• Subjects: Canary Islands -- Candolle -- lectotype -- nomenclature -- Pinaceae -- Pinus; Plants -- Classification -- Periodicals; 580.12
• DOI: 10.12705/673.8
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-0262

Abstract

Abstract: The typification of the name Pinus canariensis (Pinaceae) is revised. This name was initially "lectotypified" from a specimen collected by Christen Smith and kept in the herbarium of the University of Copenhagen (C). However, this designation is ineffective, and should be rejected, because two specimens (syntypes) are cited in the protologue by Candolle, collected by Broussonet. Accordingly, the name is lectotypified using a Broussonet's specimen collected in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) and preserved in the Candolle Herbarium (G­DC).