Allium prattii C.H.Wright, J. Linn. Soc., Bot.

Allium prattii C.H.Wright, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. View in CoL 36 (250): 124. 1903.

Lectotype (designated here): CHINA, West Szechuen (Sichuan) and Tibetan Frontier , chiefly

Received: 12.08.2020; Revised & Accepted: 08.01.2021 Published Online: 31.03.2021

J.A. Soulié 699 (G [G00165015, G00165015 digital images!]; MPU [MPU017665 digital image!]; P [P00748041, P00748042 digital images!]).

Notes: The name Allium prattii was established by Wright in 1903 based on the specimens of A. E. Pratt collected from Szechuen (Sichuan) Tachienlu (collection no. 576) and J. A. Soulié from Tongolo (collection no. 669) at K. However , we have been unable to locate any specimens of J. A. Soulié from Tongolo (collection no. 669) - deposited at K. A search at various herbaria revealed three specimens collected by A. E. Pratt from Tachienlu ( CAL0000001088 About CAL !, [ BM000958327 ; K000464580 digital images!]) and five specimens of Soulie’s from Tongolo ( G00165015 , G00165016 , MPU017665 About MPU , P00748041 , P00748042 digital images!). Among them, the sheet K000464580 has the original annotation of C. H. Wright (“filament simple connate at the very base, alternate, lanceolate”) on the sheet. This specimen is complete and agrees well with the details provided in the protologue. Hence, it is designated here as the lectotype for the name, Allium prattii as per Art. 9.3 of the ICN ( Turland et al., 2018) .