38 (2): (2014) 269-271
Original Scientific Paper
Lectotypification of Campanula secundiflora Vis. &
Pančić (Campanulaceae), a species of European concern
Ivana Janković✳1, Nevena Kuzmanović1, Moreno Clementi2, Dmitar Lakušić1
1 Institute of Botany and Botanical garden “Jevremovac”, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43,
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
2 Department of Historical Geographical and Antiquity Sciences, University of Padova, via Del Santo 26, 35123
Padova, Italy
ABSTRACT: In this paper we provide the lectotypification of Campanula secundiflora, the Tertiary relict and
paleostenoendemic species described by Josif Pančić and Roberto de Visiani in the first work
they published jointly: Plantae serbicae rariores aut novae – Decas I (1862). All studied material is
deposited in BEOU and PAD herbarium collections.
Key words: Campanulaceae, Campanula secundiflora, nomenclature, typfication.
Received: 07 June 2014
Revision accepted 01 October 2014
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The species Campanula secundiflora Vis. & Pančić was
discovered by Josif Pančić (1814-1888), a Serbian botanist
who collected and described many plant species new for
science, alone or with the help of other European botanists,
and especially with Dalmatian botanist Roberto de Visiani
(1800-1878). More details about the collaboration of
Pančić and Visiani can be found in Clementi et al. (2014).
Pančić collected material of C. secundiflora for the first
time in July 1856 while the plant was still not in full flower.
He determined it as Campanula diffusa Vahl., with a note
that it is probably a new species. Five years later, in August
1861, Pančić collected specimens in full flower. He sent
one of these newly-collected plants to Padova to his friend
and colleague Roberto de Visiani (written by Pančić in a
letter from 20 January 1863 sent to Visiani). On the basis
of Pančić’s plant collecting, in 1862 in the first volume of
Plantae serbicae rariores aut novae – Decas I (Visiani &
Pančić 1862), the two botanists described the new species
with a detailed description and diagnosis, containing a
drawing based on the specimen that Visiani had received
(stated in the same letter sent by Pančić to Visiani) (Figure
2).
C. secundiflora is a Tertiary relict and paleostenoendemic
species with a restricted distribution and an isolated
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position within the taxonomic system of other Serbian
Campanula species (Stevanović 1981). Populations of
C. secundiflora are distributed in southwestern Serbia: Mt
Jadovnik, Mt Ozren and Mt Kamena Gora, in the gorge of
Panjica river (near the village of Dobrače), in the canyon of
Mileševka river, the Lim river canyon between Brodarevo
and Bijelo Polje (Lazarević et al. 2013), canyon of the
Mrkovačka river near Brodarevo (unpublished herbarium
data - Leg. Niketić, M. 23.08.2011 BEO), and northeastern
Montenegro: gorge of Bistrica river (Đalovića gorge)
(unpublished herbarium data - Leg. Lakušić, D.,
16.11.2013, BEOU 37694).
As a globally endangered species (IUCN status Е –
“endangered” according to Walter & Gillett 1998:
111), C. secundiflora is a threatened and strictly protected
species in Serbia (Lazarević et al. 2013). Furthermore,
as a European endemic restricted to a single European
country, C. secundiflora is treated as a “target species”, or
“species of European concern” (Ozinga & Schaminée
2005).
During a search for the original material, the herbarium
collection in Padova (PAD) and the collection Herbarium
Pancicianum in BEOU were consulted (acronyms follow
Thiers 2014).
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Fig. 2. Drawing of Campanula secundiflora Vis. & Panč. from
Plantae serbicae rariores aut novae – Decas I, tab. XXVI (Visiani &
Pančić 1862). a - flower bud; b - stamen; c - stylus and stigma before
flowering; d - apex of stigma after flowering; e - capsule.
Fig. 1. Lectotype of Campanula secundiflora Vis. & Pančić
(PAD-H0023203!)
TYPIFICATION
Campanula secundiflora Visiani & Pančić (1862: 442)
Lectotype (designated here): in fissuris rupium calc. [in
clefts/fissures of calcareous rocks] ad rivum Panjiska [by
river Panjica] Serb. [Serbia] merid. [meridionalis] Aug.
[August] 1861, J. Pančić s.n. (PAD-H0023203!)
Protologue citation: — in fissuris rupium calcarearum ad
rivum Panjiska circ. Užicensis.
Other original material examined: Campanula diffusa
Vahl. secundiflora Vis. Panč. Felsen des mali Rzav bei
Klisura in Uzica ….Jul 856. potuis affinis pyramidali et
prob. nova! (BEOU 9536!)
We found two herbarium specimens belonging to
original material. The first one, designated here as lectotype
(PAD-H0023203), was collected by Pančić in August 1861
on rocks in the Panjica River gorge. According to the
note left by Pančić on the label, he considered the plant
closely related to C. fragilis Cirillo and C. lactiflora M.
Bieb. Although the specific epithet “secundiflora” is not
written on the label and the material is determined just as
Campanula, the details regarding the locality on which the
material was collected perfectly match the details published
in the protologue and no other compatible specimens are
to be found in PAD. Taking this into account, as well as the
fact that the plant is in flower and clearly recognisable, we
decided to designate it as lectotype. The second specimen
was collected earlier by Pančić, still not in full flower (July
1856), on rocks in the Rzav gorge in Užički district. It was
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determined as Campanula diffusa Vahl., but this original
determination was later corrected by Pančić, probably
after the publication of the description of C. secundiflora.
As can be seen on the label, at the time Pančić had already
noticed that it was probably a new species closely related
to C. pyramidalis, an observation recently confirmed by
the results of molecular (Park et al. 2006, Lakušić et
al. 2013) and chemotaxonomic studies (Janković et al.
2014). Although this specimen is not selected here as type,
the information regarding the place of its collection needs
clarification. Pančić made a mistake regarding the locality
Klisura, where he collected the first specimens in 1856.
Klisura is the name of a monastery in the gorge of the river
Panjica, not in the gorge of river Mali Rzav (Stevanović
1981). However, the presence of C. secundiflora in the
gorge of Mali Rzav River is not excluded, as these two
rivers are geographically close to each other.
Acknowledgments — We acknowledge the financial
support provided by the Serbian Ministry of Education,
Science and Technological Development (project no.
173030). We are also grateful to Dr Snežana Vukojičić
(BEOU) for help in searching for the original material.
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REzImE
Lektotipifikacija Campanula secundiflora
(Campanulaceae), vrste od Evropskog interesa
Ivana Janković, Nevena Kuzmanović, Moreno Clementi, Dmitar Lakušić
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radu je određen lektotip Campanula secundiflora, tercijarnog relikta i paleostenoendemične vrste koju su 1862.
godine opisali Josif Pančić i Roberto de Visiani u svom prvom zajedničkom delu: Plantae serbicae rariores aut
novae – Decas I. Sav istraživani materijal je deponovan u herbarijumskim kolekcijama Univerziteta u Beogradu
(BEOU) i Univerziteta u Padovi (PAD).
Ključne reči: Campanulaceae, Campanula secundiflora, nomenklatura, tipifikacija
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