Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 99. (Budapest 2007)

Pifkó, D.: Taxonomic revision and typification of Genista (Leguminosae) in the Herbarium Carpato-Pannonicum in Budapest

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 99 Budapest, 2007 pp. 23-28. Taxonomic revision and typification of Genista (Leguminosae) in the Herbarium Carpato-Pannonicum in Budapest D. PlFKÓ Department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum H1087Budapest, Könyves Kálmán krt. 40, Hungary. E-mail: pifko@bot.nhmus.hu Abstract - Twenty-eight type specimens of 12 Genista taxa (4 holotypes, 5 lectotypes and 19 syntypes), described from the Carpathian Basin, and designated by the author. Key words - Corothamnus, Cytisus, flowering plants, herbarium, HEUFFEL, HoRÁNSZKY, KERNER , KITAIBEL, lectotype, SCHLOSSER, SOÓ, VUKOTINOVIC, WALDSTEIN. INTRODUCTION While arranging material of family Leguminosae of the Herbarium Carpato-Pannonicum of the Department of Botany of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (BP) in 2005 a revision of the genus Genista and the selection of types were carried out, following my work on Cytisus (PlFKÓ 2005). All the types of taxa found in the collections Carpato-Pannonicum and Collectio Historica under the name of Genista, Corothamnus and Cytisus (sensu lato) are included in the present work. Lectotypes were designated if the main collection of the given author can be found at BP (even if duplicates might have been deposited in other herbaria as well), e.g. in the cases of the following authors: JÁNOS HEUFFEL, ANDRÁS HORÁNSZKY, PÁL KlTAIBEL, REZSŐ SOÓ, ÁDÁM WALDSTEIN. Among the notable specimens a lectotypus for a WlLLDENOW taxon (which was described by PÁL KlTAIBEL from his collection) was also designated. Designation of types was not implemented if the main collection of the given author is kept in other institute, even if duplicates can be found at BP as well. Such cases are taxa described by ANTON KERNER, JOSEPH CALAS SCHLOSSER, LIUDJEVIT FARKAS VUKOTINOVIC. If more than one syntype were