Typifications of the Linnaean names Carduus eriophorus, Carduus eriophorus var. spurius, and Cnicus ferox (Asteraceae)

Emanuele Del Guacchio; Duilio Iamonico

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.238.2.8

Issue: Vol. 238 No. 2: 11 December 2015

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2015-12-11

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.238.2.8

Page range: 196–200

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**Typifications of the Linnaean names Carduus eriophorus, Carduus eriophorus var. spurius, and Cnicus ferox (Asteraceae)**

Emanuele Del Guacchio⁺⁻
Duilio Iamonico⁺⁻

Via L. Cacciatore 7, 84124 Salerno, Italy

Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany, Department PDTA, Section Environment and Landscape, University of Rome Sapienza, 00196 Rome, Italy

Cirsium hybrid lectotype new synonymy nomenclature Eudicots

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Abstract

Two specimens from the Linnaeus Herbarium (at LINN) and an illustration by Bauhin & Cherler are designated as the lectotypes of, respectively, Carduus eriophorus (≡ Cirsium eriophorum), Carduus eriophorus var. spurius [= Cirsium × gerhardtii, syn. nov. (Cirsium vulgare × Cirsium eriophorum)], and Cnicus ferox (≡ Cirsium ferox). All the taxa involved in this study belong to Cirsium sect. Eriolepis.