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DuPasquier P-E, Andro-Durand V, Batory L, Wang W, Jabbour F (2021) Nomenclatural revision of Delphinium subg. Consolida (DC.) Huth (Ranunculaceae). PhytoKeys 180: 81-110. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.67126
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Recent molecular phylogenetic studies have indicated that Aconitella is embedded in Consolida, which in turn is embedded in Delphinium. We choose not to split the genus Delphinium (c. 300 species), as it is horticulturally and pharmaceutically important, by conserving a broad Delphinium by transferring the names from Consolida and Aconitella to Delphinium s.lat., and more precisely in the resurrected D. subg. Consolida. Including 58 species of Aconitella and Consolida within Delphinium causes fewer nomenclatural overall changes than do alternative schemes because most of the species of Aconitella and Consolida were once named under the name Delphinium. We present here the list of synonyms for the species once named under Consolida or Aconitella and gather the information relative to the types of these names. Two new combinations are provided, and 21 lectotypes are designated here.
Aconitella, larkspur, Old World flora, paraphyly, Ranunculales
Different taxonomic systems based on morphological characters have led authors to treat Consolida J.F.Gray (including Aconitella Spach) (Fig.
Based on a molecular phylogenetic study with a broad taxonomic sampling,
As a consequence of these results, the last author previously decided (
As flower morphological characters support a clade including Consolida and Aconitella (
We analysed the original material cited in the protologue of each taxon and compiled the relevant synonyms. Except for rare cases, the infraspecific taxa of Consolida are not mentioned as taking taxonomic decisions at this taxonomic level is beyond the scope of this work.
Herbarium specimens and images of specimens from the herbaria ATHU, B, BASBG, BC, BEI, BH, BM, BP, BR, C, E, FI, FR, G, GB, GH, GOET, GZU, H, HAL, HBG, HUJ, ISL, JE, K, L, LD, LE, LI, LY, MJSD, MA, MEL, MO, NY, O, OXF, P, PAD, PH, S, TARI, UC, UPS, US, W, WAG, WRSL, and WU were examined. We studied all the available digitized specimens of the relevant collections. The following online resources were consulted: Geneva Herbaria Catalogue, JSTOR Global Plants, Kew Herbarium Catalogue, Naturalis BioPortal, Paris virtual herbarium of vascular plants, RBGE Herbarium Catalogue, Sweden’s Virtual Herbarium, the University and Jepson Herbaria, the Virtual Herbaria JACQ, and the Virtual herbarium Berolinense.
Based on the methodology of typification followed by
Delphinium subg. Consolida consists of 58 species. Two new combinations are made, and 21 lectotypes (including three second-step lectotypifications) are designated herein.
≡ Consolida S.F.Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 711. 1821.
≡ Delphinium sect. Consolida DC., Reg. Veg. Syst. Nat. 1: 341. 1817.
≡ Ceratosanthus Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 30. 1866. Type: Delphinium consolida L.
= Delphinium subg. Aconitella (Spach) Iranshahr, Fl. Iranica 171: 92. 1992.
≡ Aconitella Spach in Hist. Nat. Veg. 7: 358. 1839.
≡ Consolida sect. Aconitella (Spach) Tamura in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41: 101. 1990. Type: Delphinium aconiti L.
= Aconitopsis Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 125. 1940. Type: not designated.
≡ Consolida aconiti (L.) Lindley in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 6: 55. 1851.
≡ Aconitella aconiti (L.) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis aconiti (L.) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 125. 1940, non Aconitella delphinioides Spach in Hist. Nat. Veg. 7: 359. 1839.
≡ Aconitum monogynum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 27. 1775. Type: Turkey. “ in Dardanella”, leg. P. Forsskål (holotype not found).
The description of D. aconiti is based on a Forsskål’s gathering made “in Dardanella”. At LINN, no Forsskål’s material was found for this taxon, whereas two gatherings, Forsskål 913 (C10001572) and Forsskål 914 (C10001573), are deposited at C, in the Vahl herbarium, and are likely to correspond to the type material. The typification of the Forsskål collection is complex and needs a careful examination of the letters sent by Forsskål to Linnaeus. Note that Forsskål 914 was a priori used for the tab XIII (
≡ Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 47. 1853.
≡ Ceratosanthus ajacis (L.) Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 30. 1866. Type: Herb. Burser VII(1): 83 (lectotype, designated by
= Delphinium gayanum Wilmott in J. Bot. 62: 26. 1924.
≡ Consolida gayana (Wilmott) Laínz, in Anales Inst. Forest. Invest. 1967: 6. 1967.
– Consolida ambigua auct. non Delphinium ambiguum L.
Consolida ambigua auct. (non D. ambiguum L.) is a misapplied name of D. ajacis in most floras, such as "Flora Europaea" (
≡ Consolida anthoroidea (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909.
≡ Aconitella anthoroidea (Boiss.) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis anthoroidea Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 125. 1940. Type: “Syria”, s.d., leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 65 (lectotype, designated by
= Delphinium acutilobum Turrill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 223. 1929. Type: Azerbaïdjan. “near Tabriz. Yam.”, 21 Aug. 1927, leg. B. Gilliat-Smith 2086 (holotype: K [K000692358 image!]).
The misinterpretation of D. anthoroideum by Boissier in "Flora Orientalis" (1867) is clarified by
≡ Consolida arenaria A.Carlström in Willdenowia 14: 16. 1984 [basionym]. Type: Greece. South Aegean: “Rodos. 2 km E of Archipolis, Stegena beach”, 13 May 1982, leg. A. Carlström 5808 (holotype: LD [LD1023446 image!]).
No duplicate of the type collection was found.
≡ Consolida armeniaca (Huth) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909.Type: Turkey. Erzincan: “Sipikordagh”, 30 Jul. 1890, leg. P. E. E. Sintenis 3177 (lectotype, designated here: WU [WU 109667 image!]; isolectotypes: BR [BR0000005295548 image!], G [G00390154 image!], GZU [GZU000278000 image!], JE [JE00018622 image!, JE00018623 image!], K [K000692372 image!, K000692373 image!], LD [LD1742274 image!], LE [LE01053086 image!], P [P00195865!] (Fig.
Three lectotypes (and one isolectotype) selected among the 21 lectotypes designated in this article A isolectotype of Delphinium armeniacum Huth (P00195865; http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00195865) B lectotype of D. deserti Boiss. (P00197319; http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00197319) C lectotype of Delphinium sclerocladum var. rigidum (Freyn & Sint.) Hossain & P.H.Davis (P00195794; http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00195794) D lectotype of D. tomentosum Boiss. (P00201127; http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00201127). All four specimens are kept at P Herbarium.
≡ Delphinium persicum var. aucheri (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 77. 1867.
≡ Consolida aucheri (Boiss.) Iranshahr in Fl. Iranica 171: 103. 1992. Type. «Persia australis», s.d., leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 4030 (holotype: P [P00198500!]; isotypes: G [G00390155 image!], P [P00198911!]).
No specimen was found in Boissier’s herbarium. Boissier’s annotation on P00198500 indicates that the species description is based on that sheet, which is the holotype.
≡ Consolida axilliflora (DC.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4: 62. 1909. Type: «Syrie», s.d., leg. J. J. Labillardière s.n. (holotype: FI [FI056536 image!]).
No duplicate of the type collection was found.
≡ Consolida baluchistanica Qureschi & Chaudhri, Pakistan Syst. 2: 11. 1978 [basionym]. Type: Pakistan. Baluchistan: “Water supply station”, 23 Apr. 1977, leg. H. Mansoor & A. Maqsood 394 (holotype: ISL).
When asking for an image of the holotype, the curator of ISL provided us only with an image of the specimen Mansoor & Maqsood 395 (collected 23.04.1977), whereas the protologue indicates Mansoor & Maqsood 394. We could not decide whether: 1) #394 (the holotype) could not be found; or 2) #395 is the holotype, and the #394 citation in the protologue is a mistake. However, #395 seems to have been used for the drawing on plate XI in Pakistan Syst. 2. (1978).
≡ Consolida barbata (Bunge) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909.
≡ Aconitella barbata (Bunge) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis barbata (Bunge) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 127. 1940. Type: Kazakhstan. “jugi Karatau, ad superiorem Sarafschan”, 10 Sep. 1841, leg. A. Lehmann 38 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00197235!]; isolectotypes: LE [LE00050813 image!, LE00050814 image!]).
≡ Consolida brevicornis (Vis.) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 245. 1922. Type. Croatia. Split-Dalmatia: “In agris circa Gelsa ins. Lesina/ as. Stalio”, s.d., Stalio s.n. (holotype: PAD [image!]).
No duplicate of the type collection was found.
≡ Consolida camptocarpa (Ledeb.) Nevski in Komarov, V. L., Fl. URSS 7: 106. 1937. Type: Irak. “Turcomania”, s.d., leg. G. S. Karelin, s.n. (Lectotype (first step designated by Nevski in Komarov, V. L., Fl. URSS 7: 106. 1937; second-step designated here): LE [LE00050875 image!]; isolectotypes: LE [LE00050877 image!, LE00050981 image!, LE00050986 image!).
Delphinium camptocarpum var. camptocarpum
≡ Delphinium campocarpum var. leiocarpum Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 1: 58. 1841.
When describing Delphinium camptocarpum, Ledebour quoted Karelin’s gathering “ad latus orientale maris caspii” and described two varieties (D. camptocarpum var. dasycarpum and D. camptocarpum var. leiocarpum) according to the presence or not of indumentum on the follicle, but without citing any material. Several of Karelin’s gatherings of D. camptocarpum were found at LE. Four of them belong to Ledebour’s herbarium (two can be attributed to D. camptocarpum var. leiocarpum, but it is unclear for the other two) and can be regarded as type collection. We synonymise D. camptocarpum var. leiocarpum under the autonym.
Nevski’s indication (1937) that the type is housed at LE can be considered a first-step lectotypification, and we designate here the specimen LE00050875 as the second-step lectotype.
≡ Consolida coelesyriaca Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. Liban Syrie 2: 23. 1970 [basionym].
= Delphinium oliganthum auct. non Boiss.
= Consolida oligantha auct. non Boiss. Type: Syria. «entre Hama et Palmyre, Tell Bouada», 18 May 1857, leg. C. I. Blanche 2832 (holotype: G-BOIS [G00788352 image!]; isotype: BEI?).
We did not find the duplicate at BEI, as could be expected from Mouterde’s quotation (1970).
≡ Consolida regalis S.F.Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 711. 1821.
≡ Ceratosanthus consolida (L.) Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 30. 1866.
≡ Consolida arvensis Opiz in Seznam 32. 1852. Type: Described from Britain. Herb. Linn. No. 694.1 (lectotype, designated by Jonsell and Jarvis 1994, pg. 161: LINN [LINN-HL694-1 image!]).
= Delphinium segetum Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 325. 1778. [nom. illeg.]
– Consolida regalis subsp. consolida (L.) Gajic in Josifovic, Fl. SR Srbije 1: 230. 1970. [nom. inval].
≡ Consolida regalis subsp. arvensis (Opiz) Soó, in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 242. 1922.
≡ Delphinium consolida subsp. arvense (Opiz) Graebner & Graebner fil., in Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5: 671. 1929. Type: not designated.
The genus Consolida published by
13.1. Delphinium consolida subsp. consolida
≡ Delphinium paniculatum Host, Fl. Austriaca 2: 65. 1831.
≡ Consolida paniculata (Host) Schur. in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 47. 1853.
≡ Consolida regalis subsp. paniculata (Host) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 243. 1922.
≡ Ceratosanthus paniculata (Host) Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 30. 1866. Type: Montenegro. “near Cattaro”, Tomasini s.n. (not found).
≡ Delphinium divaricatum Ledeb. in Eichw., Pl. Nov.: 16. 1831.
≡ Consolida divaricata (Ledeb.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 27, 62. 1909.
≡ Consolida regalis subsp. divaricata (Ledeb.) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 179. 1967.
≡ Consolida regalis subsp. paniculata var. divaricata (Ledeb.) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 174. 1965.
≡ Ceratosanthus divaricata (Ledeb.) Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 30. 1866. Type: Russia. “In insulis ad ostium Wolgae amnis sitis, etiam ad fluvium Torrain”, Henning s.n. (holotype: LE [not seen]).
≡ Consolida cornuta (Hossain & P.H.Davis) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 174. 1965. Type: “Armenia”, s.d., leg. Calvert & Zohrab s.n. (holotype: E [not found]).
Despite the efforts of the curator at E, the holotype was not found.
≡ Consolida cruciata (Hossain & P.H.Davis) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 174. 1965. Type: Turkey. Adana: “Bozanti”, 1896, leg. W. Siehe 362 (holotype: E [E00438700 image!]; isotypes: B [B 10 0264874 image!], E [E00438699 image!], GH [GH00038199 image!], K [K000692438 image!], P [P00195910!]).
The specimen E00438700 is explicitly designated as the holotype in the protologue, whereas the indication of collection locality and date is only found on B 10 0264874 and GH00038199.
≡ Consolida deserti-syriaci (Zohary) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 187. 1967a.
≡ Aconitella deserti-syriaci (Zohary) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969. Type: Syria. “Azra to Damascus”, 16 May 1931, leg. M. Zohary s.n. (holotype: HUJ image!, fragments only).
The type was partially destroyed during the war (most likely WWII) in Israel (
≡ Consolida flava (DC.) Schrödinger in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 43. 1913. Type: “de Bagdad à Kermancha”, s.d., leg. G. A. Olivier & J. G. Bruguière s.n. (lectotype, designated here: P [P00197330!]; isolectotypes: G-DC [G00200080 image!], P [P00197331!]).
Delphinium flavum var. flavum
= Delphinium flavum var. velutinum DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 346. 1817.
= Delphinium deserti Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 83. 1867.
≡ Consolida deserti (Boiss.) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 51. 1967a. Type: «Désert de Suez à Gaza», Jul. 1832, leg. N. Bové 131 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00197319!] (Fig.
In the protologue of D. flavum,
A single and fragmentary specimen of D. deserti, labelled “D. deserti” by Boissier, was found in G-BOIS (G00788308) and probably came from a P duplicate. We designate as lectotype of D. deserti the specimen P00197319, the only one bearing a priori an annotation from Boissier.
≡ Consolida glandulosa (Boiss. & Huet) Bornm. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 13. 1936. Type: Turkey. Erzurum: “in cultis Meimansour”, Aug. 1853, leg. Huet du Pavillon, A. s.n. (holotype: G-BOIS [G00788286 image!, 3 sheets]; isotypes: BM [BM000553908 image!], G [G00390160 image!, G00390161 image!], GOET [GOET009744 image!], JE [JE00018629 image!, JE00018630 image!, JE00018631 image!, JE00018632 image!], K [K000075573 image!], LE [LE00012145 image!], MO [MO-203061 image!], O [O-V2130694 image!, O-V2130695 image!], P [P00197358!, P00197359! probable], S [S07-14845 image!], UC [UC1055003 image!], WAG [WAG0004719 image!]).
The description was based on the specimen in G-BOIS, a folder containing three sheets. Only this specimen was annotated by Boissier, which is, therefore, the holotype.
≡ Consolida gombaultii (J.Thiébaut) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 175. 1967a. Type: Syria. As-Suwayda: “Djebel Druze”, 21 May 1932, leg. R. Gombault s.n. (holotype: MJSD [MJSD028148 image!]; isotypes: P [P00197360!, P00197361!]).
Thiébaud (1934) based the species description on the duplicate in his herbarium, which is housed at MJSD. The duplicates at P bear the collection number 1717, which is not indicated on the MJSD specimen.
≡ Consolida halophila (Huth) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 189. 1967a. Type: Iran. “Persia borealis. Gussediche”, 1882, leg. T. Pichler s.n. (holotype: G [G00390261 image!]; isotypes: K [K000692367 image!, K000692368 image!]).
≡ Consolida hellespontica (Boiss.) Chater in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 69: 55. 1964. Type: Turkey. “ad Hellespontum”, Aug. 1836, leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 67 (holotype: G-BOIS [G00788295 image!, 2 sheets]; isotypes: G [G00440745 image!], K [K000075580 image!], P [P00197463!, P00201125!]).
= Delphinium macedonicum Halácsy & Charrel in Charrel, Géogr. Bot. Salonique: 8. 1892.
≡ Consolida macedonica (Halácsy & Charrel) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 245. 1922.
≡ Delphinium hellesponticum subsp. macedonicum (Halácsy & Charrel) Hossain & P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 22: 419. 1958.
≡ Consolida hellespontica subsp. macedonica (Halácsy & Charrel) Chater in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 69: 55. 1964. Type: Greece. Thessaloniki: “Kiel tépé [probably Profitis Ilias, SE of Chortiatis fide Strid, 2002]”, s.d., A.-u.-R. Nadji s.n. (holotype: WU (WU033827 image!), isotype: P [P02500001!, P02840902!])
= Delphinium paphlagonicum Huth in Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 328. 1893.
≡ Delphinium olopetalum var. paphlagonicum (Huth) Huth, in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 20: 381. 1895. Type: Turkey. Kastamonu: “Paphlagonia: Wilajet Kastambuli, Tossia”, 7 Aug. 1892, leg. P. E. E. Sintenis 4547 (lectotype, designated here: LD [LD1742402 image!], isolectotypes: B [B 10 0295663 image!, B 10 0264875 image!], BH image!, GZU [GZU000279189 image!], HAL [HAL0062300 image!], HBG [HBG508807 image!],, P [P00197464!, P00198840!], US [US00103588 image!]).
= Delphinium hellesponticum subsp. aintabense Hossain & P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 420. 1958. Type: Turkey. “Aintab [Gaziantep]”, Jun. 1889, leg. G. E. Post, s.n. (holotype: BM [BM013718242 image!]).
= Delphinium campylopodum Stapf in Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, Math. Naturw. Kl. 51: 358. 1886.
≡ Delphinium hellesponticum subsp. campylopodon (Stapf) Hossain & P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 419. 1958. Type: “Owadjik”, 1 Aug. 1882, leg. F. Luschan s.n. (lectotype, designated by
Boissier based the species description of Delphinium hellesponticum on the G-BOIS specimens, which is a folder containing two sheets. Only the K duplicate bears a date (“Aug. 1836”). Among the duplicates of Delphinium macedonicum, only P02840902 bears a date (27 avril 1892) and the collection number 37. Huth based his description of Delphinium paphlagonicum on the Sintenis 4547 specimen in his herbarium. The duplicates found in the different herbaria bear different dates, and only LD1742402 (with the date “7 Aug. 1892”), belonging to the Sintenis herbarium, was annotated by Huth, and we treat it as a lectotype. All isotypes indicate herein bear that date.
≡ Consolida hispanica (Costa) Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 19: 43. 1989.
≡ Consolida orientalis subsp. hispanica (Willk.) P.W.Ball & Heywood in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 66: 151. 1962. Type: Spain. «Linares más arriba de la región de la vid.», 1864, leg. Vivas s.n. (lectotype, designated by Blanché and Simón 2000, pg. 304): BC image!, specimen on the left side).
= Delphinium orientale Gay in Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 11: 182. 1840 [nom. illeg.]
≡ Consolida orientalis (Gay) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 27, 62. 1909. Type: not designated.
= Delphinium bithynicum Griseb. in Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 320. 1843 [basionym]. Type: Turkey. “Bolu”, s.d., leg. F. Pestalozza s.n. (holotype: GOET [GOET009749 image!]).
Delphinium orientale Gay was misapplied instead of D. hispanicum in most Floras e.g. "Flora Orientalis" (
≡ Consolida hohenackeri (Boiss.) Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 2: 101. 1930.
≡ Aconitella hohenackeri (Boiss.) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis hohenackeri (Boiss.) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 127. 1940. Type: Turkey. Bayburt: “Baibout Mt. du Tchorok coteaux arides”, 12 Jul. 1862, leg. E. Bourgeau 21 (lectotype (first step designated by
The designation by
≡ Consolida incana (E.D.Clarke) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 181. 1967a. Type: Israel: “Migdal”, 13 Jun. 1942, leg. P. H. Davis 4819 (neotype, designated by
= Delphinium exsertum DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 345. 1817 [basionym]. Type: sine loco, Labillardière, J. J. (holotype: FI [FI058566 image!; isotype: FI [FI058565 image!]).
= Delphinium rigidum DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 344. 1817.
≡ Consolida rigida (DC.) Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 31: 181. 1914. Type: “Syria”, s.d., leg. J. J. Labillardière s.n. (holotype: G [G00390153 image!]).
≡ Consolida teheranica var. intrincata (Pau) Parsa, Fl. Iran 2: 326. 1986.
≡ Aconitella intrincata (Pau) C.Blanché & J.Molero in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 113: 127. 1993. Type: Iran. «Kouh-Cherri (Alto Karum)», 23 Jul. 1899, leg. M. de la Escalera s.n. (lectotype, designated by
No duplicate of the type collection was found in the different herbaria consulted.
≡ Consolida kabuliana (Akhtar) Iranshahr in Fl. Iranica 171: 102. 1992.
≡ Consolida stocksiana var. kabuliana (Akhtar) Tamura in Kitamura, Fl. Afghan. 124. 1960. Type: Afghanistan. “near Kabul”, 23 Aug. 1937, leg. S. A. Akthar (holotype: K [K000692442 image!]).
No duplicate of the type collection was found in the different herbaria consulted.
≡ Consolida kandaharica Iranshahr in Pl. Syst. Evol. 155: 56. 1987 [basionym]. Type: Afghanistan. Kandahar: “versus lacum artificiale / Arghandab Reservoir”, 22–23 May 1967, leg. K. H. Rechinger 34869 (holotype: W [W1984-0011834 image!]).
No duplicate of the type collection was found in the different herbaria consulted.
≡ Consolida leptocarpa Nevski in Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS 4: 296. 1937 [basionym]. Type: «Ak-Davan», 21 Jun. 1931, S. A. Nevski 364 (holotype: LE [LE00050815 image!]; isotype: K [K000692381 image!]).
Although Nevski annotated both duplicates at LE and K, the latter is clearly labelled “Dupla”, and we considered LE00050815 as the holotype.
≡ Consolida linarioides (Boiss.) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 191. 1967a. Type: Iran. “Ispahan”, s.d., leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 4029 (lectotype, designated here: G-BOIS [G00788305 image!]; isolectotypes: G [G00440762 image!], K [K000692379 image!], P [P00198677!, P00198678!]).
Boissier’s annotation is found on P00198677 and G00788305, indicating Boissier based the species description on these duplicates. Therefore, the lectotypification is justified.
≡ Consolida lineolata Huber-Morath & C.Simon in Bauhinia 6: 285. 1978 [basionym]. Type: Turkey. Ermenek: “41 km sw Mut”, 13 Jul. 1976, leg. M. Nydegger 11138 (holotype: BASBG [BASBG-00000081 image!]; isotype: G [G00440764 image!, 3 sheets], GOET [GOET009747 image!]).
The protologue and G00440764 indicate erroneously that the collection number is 1138 when it is 11138.
≡ Consolida lorestanica Iranshahr in Pl. Syst. Evol. 155: 55. 1987 [basionym]. Type: Iran. Lorestan: “10–20 km on road from Aligodarz to Shoulabad”, 2 July 1977, leg. Runemark & Lazari 26530 (holotype: TARI image!).
No duplicate of the type collection was found in the different herbaria consulted.
≡ Consolida mauritanica (Cosson) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 48. 1967b. Type: Algeria. Oran: “Champs incultes à Lalla-Maghrnia”, 24 May 1856, leg. E. Bourgeau s.n. (lectotype, designated here: P [P02336111!]; isolectotypes: K [K001394825 image!], P [P02379147!]).
In his protologue, Cosson quotes several syntypes.
≡ Consolida oliveriana (DC.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909. Type: Irak. «de Bagdad à Kermachan», s.d., leg. G. A. Olivier & J. G. Bruguière s.n. (holotype: P [P00198747!]).
No specimen was found at G.
≡ Consolida armeniaca var. olopetala (Boiss.) Parsa, Fl. Iran. 2: 316. 1986. Type: “Perse ?”, 1837, leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy, s.n. (holotype: P [P00198568!]).
No specimen was found in Boissier’s herbarium. Boissier’s annotation on P00198568 indicates that the species description is based on this unicate (“exemplar unicum”), which is the holotype.
≡ Consolida paradoxa (Bunge) Nevski in Komarov, V. L., Fl. URSS 7: 113. 1937.
≡ Consolida rugulosa f. paradoxa (Bunge) Iranshahr in Fl. Iranica 171: 105. 1992. Type: Iran. “Djan-Darja”, 3 May 1842, leg. A. Lehman 36 (lectotype, designated here: P00198841, isolectotypes: BM [BM000946072 image! =photo of LE], GH [GH00038197 image!], H [H1506244 image!], K [K000692370 image!], LE).
When describing new species, Bunge usually annotated the specimens cited with “mihi” or “m.” behind the species name. Unfortunately, we did not find any annotation from Bunge on the different duplicates. P00198841 bears ten individuals and three different preprinted Lehmann’s collection labels, all corresponding to collection number 36. One of them is from Lehmann’s hand with the locality (in Latin) and the date indicated in the protologue. No date is indicated on the other duplicates. LE (photo seen at BM) bears a label with the locality translation in German. After an investigation by the curator, the LE specimen was not found.
≡ Consolida persica (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 17. 1909. Type: Iran. “Persia Circa Amadan”, 1837, leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 78 (holotype: G-BOIS [G00150139 image!]; isotypes: G [G00192123 image!, G00192122 image!]; K [K000692364 image!]; P [P00198487!, P00198912!]).
Boissier based the species description on the duplicate in G-BOIS. The date “1837” is only indicated on the isotypes housed at G and P.
≡ Delphinium ajacis var. phrygium Fin. & Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 467. 1904.
≡ Consolida phrygia (Boiss.) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 245. 1922.
≡ Consolida orientalis subsp. phrygia (Boiss.) Chater in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 68: 193. 1963. Type: Turkey. “ in Phrygia”, 1831, leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 71 (holotype: P [P00198754!]; isotype: G-BOIS [G00789467 image! fragments only]).
Duplicate found in G-BOIS correspond to fragments taken from P00198754, which bears an original collection label, and was examined and annotated by Boissier for the species description.
37.1. Delphinium phrygium subsp. phrygium
≡ Consolida orientalis var. thessalonica Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 239. 1922 [basionym].
≡ Consolida phrygia subsp. thessalonica (Soó) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 174. 1965. Type: Greece. Thessalia: “Kalampaka”, 4 Jun. 1896, leg. P. E. E. Sintenis 579 (holotype: not found; isotypes: E [E00346595 image!], LD [LD1742978 image!], P [P02500761!, P02574100!, P02819490!, P02819491!]).
Describing the subspecies, Soó indicated two herbaria (the herbarium of the National Museum of Hungary and Borbás’ herbarium), which are at BP now. However, after an investigation by the curators, no type specimen was found. None of the isotypes cited herein are annotated by Soó. More investigation is needed to argue that the BP specimens are lost before designating any lectotype.
≡ Consolida pubescens (DC.) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 241. 1922.
≡ Delphinium consolida subsp. pubescens (DC.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 21. 1878. Type: France. Occitanie: «lieux cultivés près Fontfroide», 12 Jun. 1807, A. P. Candolle s.n. (lectotype, designated here: G00131934 image!).
= Delphinium loscosii Costa in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 2: 26. 1873.
≡ Delphinium pubescens subsp. loscosii (Costa) Graeber & Graeber fil., in Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl., 5(2): 676. 1929.
≡ Delphinium consolida var. loscosii (Costa) Pau, in Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 4: 12. 1891.
≡ Consolida loscosii (Costa) Holub., in Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1960: 4. 1960.
≡ Consolida pubescens subsp. loscosii (Costa) Soó, in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 241. 1922.
≡ Consolida pubescens var. loscosii (Costa) P.W.Ball & Heywood, in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 66: 151. 1962. Type: Spain. “in Aragonia australis pratis arvisque quoque in Catalaunia”, s.d., leg. A. C. Costa s.n. (lectotype, designated by
Candolle did not mention any specimen in his protologue when he described D. pubescens. Although some original material of the "Flore Française" can be at MPU or P (
≡ Consolida pusilla (Labill.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909. Type: Syria. “Djebel Cher”, s.d., leg. J. J. Labillardière s.n. (holotype: FI [FI005591 image!).
= Delphinium pygmaeum Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 2: 458. 1812.
≡ Consolida pygmaea (Poiret) Schrödinger in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 43. 1913. Type: “Syrie”, s.d., leg. J. J. H. Labillardière s.n. (holotype: FI [FI005590 image!]; isotype: P [P04023292!]).
= Delphinium oliganthum Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 80. 1867.
≡ Consolida oligantha (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 43. 1913.
≡ Consolida tomentosa subsp. oligantha (Boiss.) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 175. 1965. Type: Syria. “In agris apris: p. Assy. p Aintab”, 27 Jun. 1865, leg. H. C. Haussknecht s.n. (lectotype (first step designated by
The holotype of D. pusillum bears a handwritten protologue by Labillardière.
As explained by
≡ Consolida raveyi (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909. Type: Turkey. Aydin: “in arvis Cariae ad Geyra”, Jun. 1842, leg. P. E. Boissier s.n. (lectotype, designated here: G-BOIS [G00330114 image!, 5 sheets]; isolectotypes: BM [BM000553909 image!], G [G00390157 image!, 2 sheets, G00390156 image!], GOET [GOET009748 image!], JE [JE00018604 image!, JE00018605 image!, JE00018606 image!], K [K000692363 image!, K000692382 image!], MEL [MEL2409727 image!], NY [NY00353414 image!, NY00353415 image!], P [P00344101!, P00198977!, P00198978!, P00198979!], S [S07-15317 image!], US [US00409759 image!]).
Boissier annotated P00198978 and, therefore, we designate as lectotype the duplicate, including five sheets, in his herbarium.
≡ Delphinium camptocarpum var. rugulosum (Boiss.) Bunge in Arb. Naturf. Ver. Riga 1: 126. 1848.
≡ Consolida rugulosa (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 43. 1913. Type: Iran.”ad lacum Ourmiah”, s.d., leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 4028 (holotype: G-BOIS [G00150138 image!]; isotypes: BM [BM000570952 image!], G [G00192124 image!], K [K000692365 image!, K000692366 image!], P [P00198502!, P00198503!, P00198504!, P00198505!]).
Boissier based the species description on the unicate at G-BOIS.
≡ Consolida saccata (Huth) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 173. 1965.
≡ Aconitella saccata (Huth) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis saccata (Huth) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 127. 1939. Type: Turkey. “Mardin: Rischemil, in lapidosis”, 28 Jun. 1888, leg. P. E. E. Sintenis 1186 (lectotype, designated here: LD [LD1016965 image!]; isolectotypes: BR [BR0000005295852 image!], E [E00438701 image!], G [G00440763 image!], JE [JE00018615 image!, JE00018616 image!, JE00018617 image!, JE00018618 image!], K [K000692359 image!, K000692360 image!], LD [LD1017157 image!], MO [MO-2196034], P [P00198522!, P00198523!, P00198524!], PH [PH00010734 image!], S [S07-15323 image!]).
≡ Consolida samia P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 172. 1965 [basionym]. Type: Greece, North Aegean. “Samos. SW-slope of Mt. Kerki”, 26 May 1963, leg. H. Runemark & S. E. Snogerup 19592 (holotype: LD [LD1023318 image!]; isotype: E [E00202626 image!]).
≡ Consolida schlagintweitii (Huth) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 191. 1967a. Type: Pakistan. Gilgit-Baltistan: “Bálti. Environs of Skárdo”, 6 Aug.–4 Sep. 1856, leg. A. Schlagintweit 821 (holotype: G [G00390260 image!]; isotypes: B [destroyed], BM [BM000553907 image!], MEL [MEL2407606 image!], US [US00409758 image!]).
Huth based his description solely on the duplicate in the Barbey herbarium (now G).
Delphinium anthoroideum var. sclerocladum (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 85. 1867.
≡ Consolida scleroclada (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 44. 1913.
≡ Aconitella scleroclada (Boiss.) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis scleroclada (Boiss.) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 127. 1940. Type: Syria. Latakia: “montagnes de Latakieh”, May-Jul. 1846, leg. P. E. Boissier s.n. (lectotype, designated here: G-BOIS [G00788332 image!, 3 sheets]; isolectotypes: E [E00438707 image! =photo of G-DC], G-DC, P [P00195757!, P00195758!]).
Boissier annotated P00195758. Therefore the lectotypification is justified. The G-DC specimen (observed only on the photo at E) bears the date “Jun 1846”. A specimen at JE (JE00018613) could probably be part of the type material.
45.1. Delphinium sclerocladum var. sclerocladum
≡ Delphinium anthoroideum var. rigidum Freyn & Sint. in Österr. Bot. Z. 41: 363. 1891 [basionym].
≡ Consolida scleroclada var. rigida (Freyn & Sint.) P.H.Davis, Fl. Turkey 1: 123. 1965.
≡ Consolida euphratica Schrödinger in Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 43. 1913. Type: Turkey. “Chama ad Euphratem. Ichtik prope Tuzla”, 15 Jul. 1890, leg. P. E. E. Sintenis 2969 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00195794!] (Fig.
Contrary to the quotation of Hossain and Davis in their protologue, the type specimen was found neither at W nor at WU (probably destroyed during WWII). At JE, the specimen Sintenis 2969 (JE00018614) does not correspond to type material since it bears the mention “Erzinghan: in declivibus ad Euphratem prop. Sürek” with the date 17 Jul. 1890. In 1913, Schrödinger recombined the varietal rank “rigidum” by renaming it as Consolida euphratica. He quoted as synonym D. anthoroideum var. rigidum Freyn & Sint. In order to resolve both names simultaneously, we designate the specimen “Sintenis 2969” at P as lectotype of D. anthoroideum var. rigidum Freyn & Sint. and C. euphratica Schrödinger.
≡ Delphinium camptocarpum var. songoricum Kar. & Kir. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 15:136. 1842 [basionym].
≡ Consolida songorica (Kar. & Kir.) Nevski in Komarov, V. L., Fl. URSS 7: 109. 1937. Type: Russia. “In arenosis Songoriae ad fl. Lepsa”, 1841, leg. G. S. Karelin & I. P. Kirilow 1165 (holotype: LE, not found; isotypes: BM [BM000946032 image!], H [H1252673 image!], K [K001394824 image!], NY [NY00353417 image!], P [P00197046!, P00197047!]).
The holotype should be at LE (indicated by
≡ Consolida staminosa P.H.Davis & Sorger in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 89. 1982 [basionym]. Type: Turkey. Niğde: “Çaykavak pass”, 19 Jul. 1979, leg. Hübl, Meusel & Valant 7-19-13 (holotype: E [not found]; isotype: LI [LI02796901 image!]).
Despite investigations by the curators, the specimen at E was not found, and contrary to what Davis and Sorger indicated in their protologue, duplicates were found neither at WU nor at W.
≡ Consolida stapfiana P.H.Davis & Sorger in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 89. 1982 [basionym]. Type: Turkey. Antalya: “20 km SW of Korkuteli, 1200 m, field margins”, 12 Jul. 1968, leg. F. Sorger 68-27-11 (holotype: E, not found; isotype: LI [LI02796918 image!]).
Despite investigations by the curators, the specimen at E was not found.
≡ Consolida stenocarpa (Hossain & P.H.Davis) P. H. Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 173. 1965.
≡ Aconitella stenocarpa (Hossain & P.H.Davis) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969. Type: Turkey. Konya: “between Ağabeyli and Körkuyu”, 8 Sep. 1949, leg. P. H. Davis 16638 (holotype: E [E00438702 image!]; isotypes: K [K000692450 image!, K000692449 image!]).
Hossain and Davis formally designated the holotype of Delphinium stenocarpum at E, where we found E00438702 annotated by themselves.
≡ Consolida stocksiana Nevski in Komarov, V. L., Fl. URSS 7: 111. 1937. Type: Pakistan. “Baluchistan”, 1851, leg. J. E. Stocks 979 (holotype: G-BOIS [G00789496 image!, 3 sheets]; isotypes: K [K000075584 image!, K000075586 image!, K000075587 image!]).
The holotype is a folder of three sheets.
≡ Consolida sulphurea (Boiss. & Hausskn.) P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 175. 1965. Type: Turkey. Maraş: “Montes azia/ Marasch”, 1865, leg. H. C. Haussknecht s.n. (holotype: G-BOIS [G00788353 image!, 2 sheets]; isotype: P [P00201052!]).
In the protologue, Boissier quoted an unnumbered Haussknecht’s collection with the following indication “in graminosis montium Syriae borealis prope Marasch alt. 4000’”.
At JE, K, and P, we found Haussknecht’s duplicates (JE00018589, K000692378, and P00201052) with a label handwritten by himself bearing the locality “Uffoschikle” (or “Uffoschakli”) with the date 11 July 1865. A duplicate at JE bears, in addition, the number 970. All these specimens correspond to syntypes.
≡ Consolida teheranica (Boiss.) Rech. f. in Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 51: 376. 1940.
≡ Aconitella teheranica (Boiss.) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis teheranica (Boiss.) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 127 1940. Type: Iran. “Teheran”, leg. C. G. T. Kotschy, s.n. (lectotype, designated here: G-BOIS [G00788331 image!]).
In the protologue,
≡ Consolida tenuissima (Sm.) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 241. 1922. Type: Greece. Sterea Ellas: “Mt Hymethus”, s.d., leg. J. Sibthorp s.n. (holotype: OXF [Sib-1234 image!], isotype: BM [BM000613696 image!]).
Sibthorp’s herbarium is housed at OXF, where we found a duplicate bearing the locality annotation “Mt Hymethus”.
≡ Consolida thirkeana (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909.
≡ Aconitella thirkeana (Boiss.) Soják in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohem. 4: 448. 1969.
≡ Aconitopsis thirkeana (Boiss.) Kem.-Nath. in Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 125. 1940. Type: Turkey. “Amasia et Tokat”, s.d., F. Wiedemann s.n. (lectotype, designated here: G-BOIS [G00788335 image!], isolectotype: E [E00438704 image! =photo of G-BOIS]).
In his protologue,
≡ Consolida tomentosa (Boiss.) Schrödinger in Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62. 1909. Type: Syria. “Persia”, 1836, P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 77 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00201127!] (Fig.
In his protologue, Boissier cited two gatherings of Aucher-Eloy: “N.76. Alep” and “77. Persia”.
≡ Consolida trigonelloides (Boiss.) Munz in J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 190. 1967a. Type: Iran. “Pers. australi”, s.d., leg. P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy 4033 (holotype: G-BOIS [G00788304 image!]; isotypes: BM [BM000570953 image!], G [G00440760 image!, G00440761 image!], K [K000692375 image!], P[P00201193!, P00201194!]).
Boissier based his species description on the duplicate of his herbarium.
≡ Consolida tuntasiana (Halácsy) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 239. 1922. Type: Greece. Sterea Ellas: “in regione abietina m. Gerania Megarae”, 23–28 Jun. 1910, B. Tuntas 1245 (lectotype, designated here: WU [WU 01067863 image!, specimen on the bottom left corner]).
Halácsy based his description of D. tuntasianum on the specimen Tuntas 1245 from the “Plantae exsiccatae Florae Hellenicae” collection. Three Tuntas specimens of D. tuntasianum, each one including several plant individuals, were found at WU: Tuntas 1245, Tuntas 800, and Tuntass.n. Examination of Tuntas 1245 shows two different dates: “23–28 Jun. 1910” (printed) and “10/23 Mai 1911” (handwritten), this later date being the same as the gathering “s.n.”. Therefore, the gathering “1245” is probably a combination of two different collections. We designate it as a lectotype despite the uncertainty regarding its collection date.
≡ Consolida uechtritziana (Huth) Soó in Österr. Bot. Z. 71: 236. 1922. Type: Albania. “In arvis ad Zojz”, 1889, leg. A. Baldacci s.n. (lectotype, designated here: G [G00414314 image!, 2 sheets]).
In his protologue, Huth quotes two syntypes (Pančic 1881 seen in three different herbaria, and Baldacci 1889 seen in the Barbey herbarium, now G). At G, there is a folder with two sheets of the second gathering that we designate here as lectotype.
According to the nomenclatural revision presented here, Delphinium subg. Consolida consists of 58 species. This work will facilitate a taxonomic study aimed at revising the circumscription of sections within D. subg. Consolida. Infrasubgeneric relationships were tackled and discussed in
We would like to warmly thank Gabrielle Barriera (Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland) for her invaluable help in disentangling many conflicting nomenclatural points. We also thank the curators of ATHU, B, BASBG, BC, BEI, BH, BM, BP, BR, C, E, FI, FR, G, GB, GH, GOET, GZU, H, HAL, HBG, HUJ, ISL, JE, K, L, LD, LE, LI, LY, MJSD, MA, MEL, MO, NY, O, OXF, PAD, PH, S, TARI, UC, UPS, US, W, WAG, WRSL, and WU for their kind assistance, and Dieter Reich and Christian Braüchler for their valuable suggestions. We thank three reviewers (Andrey Erst, Andriy Novikov, Martyn Rix) and the Editor (Marco Pellegrini) for their helpful comments on the manuscript. The MNHN gives access to the collections in the framework of the RECOLNAT national research infrastructure.