Hemerocallis liliastrum L.

Peruzzi, Lorenzo, 2025, Typification of the Linnaean name Hemerocallis liliastrum, Italian Botanist 20, pp. 41-44 : 41-44

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https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.20.170416

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17260581

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scientific name

Hemerocallis liliastrum L.
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Hemerocallis liliastrum L. , Sp. Pl. 1: 324. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

Anthericum liliastrum (L.) L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 445. 1762. ≡ Anthericum grandiflorum Salisb. View in CoL , Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 250. 1796., nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1 of the ICN; Turland et al. 2025) ≡ Scilla liliiformis F. Lestib. View in CoL , Botanogr. Belg.: 172. 1781., nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1 of the ICN) ≡ Phalangium liliastrum (L.) Desf., Tabl. École Bot.: 26. 1804 View in CoL . [ October 1804] ≡ Phalangium liliastrum (L.) Brot. View in CoL , Fl. Lusit. 1: 534. 1804. [ October 1804], isonym ≡ Czackia liliastrum (L.) Andrz. View in CoL , Czachia: 1. 1818. ≡ Liliastrum album Link, Handbuch 1: 173. 1829 View in CoL . ≡ Pleisolirion liliastrum (L.) Raf. View in CoL , Fl. Tellur. 2: 28. 1837. ≡ Paradisea liliastrum (L.) Bertol. View in CoL , Fl. Ital. 4: 133. 1840.

Lectotypus

(here designated): Herb. Linn., No. 432.9 ( LINN!; Fig. 1 A View Figure 1 ).

Remarks.

Linnaeus (1753: 324) made slight changes to his diagnosis ( HEMEROCALLIS scapo simplici, corollis hexapetalis campanulatis) drawing from his own account in Hortus Cliffortianus ( Linnaeus, 1738: 128) and from van Royen’s (1740: 27) Florae Leydensis Prodromus where the polynomial Hemerocallis radice tuberosa , corollis hexapetalis is recorded. He also refers to Haller (1742: 290), however, in this source the polynomial cannot be found, and only a reference to the epithet “ liliastrum ” appears. Then, he added other synonyms from Bauhin (1623: 29, “ Phalangium magno flore ”), Clusius (1605, “ Phalangium allobrogicum majus ”), and Dalechamps (1586, “ Phalangium ”). The species is cited as occurring “ in Alpibus Helveticis, Allobrogicis ”.

In the Linnean herbarium at LINN, there is one specimen that can be considered original material, bearing the original annotation “ 2 Liliastrum ” (No. 432.9, numbering follows Savage 1945; Fig. 1 A View Figure 1 ). In the Clifford Herbarium there is a specimen (sheet No. BM 000558542, BM) identifiable as this species, but it is not associated with the relevant entry there and therefore cannot be considered original material.

Adriaan van Royen’s Herbarium is conserved at L and it was studied by Linnaeus. In the van Royen Herbarium there are two herbarium specimens at L (the better preserved Sheet No. L 0052789, 913.18-70 - Fig. 1 B View Figure 1 , and the Sheet No. L 0052788, 913.18-68) which can be considered as original material.

Bauhin’s polynomials are associated with original material studied by Linnaeus in the Burser Herbarium at UPS; however, no entry for “ Phalangium magno flore ” is preserved in this herbarium. Finally, there are accurate illustrations in Dalechamps (1586: 852, “ Phalangium Dalechamps ”; Fig. 1 C View Figure 1 ) and in Clusius (1605, “ Phalangium allobrogicum majus ”; Fig. 1 D View Figure 1 ) which also constitute original material.

Among the five traced original materials, we here designate the complete and better-preserved specimen in the Linnean Herbarium as the lectotype of Hemerocallis liliastrum . The lectotype, along with the remaining original material, corresponds to the current concept of this species (e. g., Romero 2013; Tison and de Foucault 2014; Pignatti 2017).

LINN

Linnean Society of London

BM

Bristol Museum

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

UPS

Uppsala University, Museum of Evolution, Botany Section (Fytoteket)

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asphodelaceae

Genus

Hemerocallis

Loc

Hemerocallis liliastrum L.

Peruzzi, Lorenzo 2025
2025
Loc

Paradisea liliastrum (L.)

F. Lestib., Botanogr. Belg. 1840: 133
1840
Loc

Liliastrum album

Link 1829: 173
1829
Loc

Czackia liliastrum (L.)

F. Lestib., Botanogr. Belg. 1818: 1
1818
Loc

Phalangium liliastrum (L.)

Desf. 1804: 26
1804
Loc

Phalangium liliastrum (L.)

F. Lestib., Botanogr. Belg. 1804: 534
1804
Loc

Anthericum grandiflorum

Salisb. 1796: 250
1796
Loc

Scilla liliiformis

F. Lestib. 1781: 172
1781
Loc

Hemerocallis liliastrum

1753: 324
1753
Loc

Anthericum liliastrum

Anthericum liliastrum (L.) L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 445. 1762.
Loc

Pleisolirion liliastrum (L.)