Ellisia torreyi var. bipinnatifida Brand

, Pflanzenr. (Engler) IV. 251(Heft 59): 42 (1913), nom. inval.
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90070-2
Species Name
Ellisia torreyi A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 302 (1885).
Publication
Das Pflanzenreich (Engler)
Collation
IV. 251(Heft 59): 42
Date of Publication
27 Mai 1913
Family as entered in IPNI
Hydrophyllaceae

Type Information

Locality
Panamint Mls. 1700 m
Distribution Of Types
Inyo County (California, Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)
Type Remarks
collection: Goville n. 521

Nomenclatural Notes

Status: nom. inval.

Remarks

Ellisia torreyi A. Gray (1885) is a new name for Phacelia micrantha var. bipinnatifida Torr. (1861), whereas Macrocalyx bipinnadifidus (Torr.) Coville (1893) is a new combination. Brand (l.c., pp. 40, 42) recognized E. torreyi (incl. P. micrantha var. bipinnatifida) and proposed “E. torreyi var. bipinnatifida (Coville) Brand” (incl. M. bipinnatifidus); he mentioned “Omnibus parlibus multo minor quam forma typica” and thus distinguished var. bipinnatifida from var. torreyi (autonym). Therefore, “var. bipinnatifida (Coville) Brand” is corrected to “var. bipinnatifida Brand” and treated as the name of a new variety.