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Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-27
Page range: 57–65
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The lost and rediscovered holotype of Alyssum austrodalmaticum (Brassicaceae) is in line with the latest taxonomic treatment

Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovakia; Department of Botany, Charles University, Benatska 2, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
taxonomy herbarium specimen nomenclature Balkan Peninsula Eudicots

Abstract

Alyssum austrodalmaticum was originally described as an endemic species from southern Croatia. It has been considered a dubious taxon because its holotype specimen got lost and because of the scant information contained in the protologue. To settle the interpretation of the name and its application to other Western Balkan populations, a neotype was recently designated. Soon after, the lost holotype specimen was accidentally rediscovered. It is in agreement with the (now superfluous) neotype and the most recent circumscription of the species. Here we present the holotype, summarize the previous uncertainty surrounding this taxon and list all its herbarium specimens from Croatia and adjacent regions deposited in the herbaria CNHM, ZA, ZAHO and ZAGR.