Article

On two Cavanillesian names from Malvaceae

Authors:
Ferrer-Gallego P.P.
,
Roselló R.
,
Vázquez J.R.
,
Peris J.B.
Publication: Flora Mediterranea
Pages: 191-207
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7320/FlMedit35.191
Article history:

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  2. (last) revision received

  3. Accepted

  4. Published online

Abstract

The nomenclatural types of the Cavanillesian names Malope multiflora and Malva cretica (Malvaceae) are discussed. When the Linnaean name Lavatera cretica is transferred to the genus Malva, the priority name becomes Malva multiflora, based on Malope multiflora. For this name, a neotype is designated from a specimen preserved at SEV and collected in Carmona (Sevilla, Spain), a city mentioned in the protologue by Cavanilles. The correspondence between Cándido Trigueros and Cavanilles has been essential in understanding the origin and description of this name. This typification definitively establishes Cavanilles’ name within the genus Malva according to Linnaeus’ concept of Lavatera cretica. On the other hand, the type of the name Malva cretica had previously been indicated, in 2017, as the “holotype” from a specimen collected by Antoine-Tristan Danty d’Isnard and cultivated in the Jardin du Roi in Paris, preserved at P (P00662859). However, beause that type indication did not include the phrase “designated here”, nor a similar expression, it is not an effective type designation according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. We formally confirm this attempted typification and designate the specimen at P as the lectotype of the name Malva cretica.

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