Polygala rosea var. orientalis Willk.

Polygala rosea var. orientalis Willk. in Willk. & Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3 (3): 558. 1878 Type. Greece. “ In reg. Inferiori m. Parnethis pr. Zekeleiam ”, 19 April 1876, T. de Heldreich 274 2245 (lectotype, designated here: COI 00055854! isolectotypes: P 02975640! P 04200001! CLF 335644! G-BOIS [G 00150167]!). In the protologue (Willkomm and Lange 1878), the fig. 51 by Reichenbach (1823) and one gathering by Heldreich (on which up to three numbers together are reported: Herbarium Graecum norm. n. 274, Herb, fl. Hellen. n. 71 and pl. exs. Graecia, n. 2245) are mentioned. We traced three herbarium specimens in COI (COI 00055852!, COI 00055854!, COI 00055855!) and we found duplicates in P!, CLF! and G! that are original material. The most complete and best preserved specimen is selected as the lectotype. It is mounted with another specimen on the same sheet, where it occupies the upper part. The lectotype matches the protologue. Based on the morphological features of the lectotype, P. rosea subsp. occidentalis is a heterotypic synonym of P. nicaeensis subsp. tomentella (see above).