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Type: Monograph
Published: 2021-03-29
Page range: 1–156
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The type specimens in Eugen von Halácsy´s Herbarium Graecum

Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, Vienna, 1180, Austria
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15D, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Division of Structural and Functional Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Balkan peninsula biodiversity Greece lectotypification nomenclature typification WU General

Abstract

Greece, as one of the European biodiversity hotspots, is long since in the focus of botanical investigations. Among historical researchers significantly contributing to the floristic and taxonomic exploration was Eugen von Halácsy, a Viennese physician and botanist. He was the first and so far last author of a complete Greek flora, the Conspectus Florae Graecae, and has compiled a seminal herbarium collection of plant specimens originating from Greece. This Herbarium Graecum of approx. 26,000 vouchers, is today held by the Herbarium of the University of Vienna (WU). Investigations for original material in this collection yielded a total of 1,439 (approx. 5.5 %) vouchers. The current type status was checked for the entire material, the vouchers were databased, photographed and geo-referenced, and the data are made publicly available here. These results are presented in an annotated catalogue including 19 lectotypifications, in order to contribute to the still extremely active field of plant biodiversity research in Greece.