Anemone hortensis fm. regina J. Compton 2025, comb. et stat. nov.

Anemone hortensis f. regina (Risso) J. Compton, comb. et stat. nov. ≡ Anemone regina Risso, Flore de Nice: 6 (1844) Lectotype designated here (Art. 9.12): France, specimen annotated “ Anemone pavonina? Risso cat. pl. ind. Alp, mar. p. 403 (1826), donnée par Mr. Geny en 1860 ” and with a label ‘ Herbier RISSO, constitué dans les Alpes-Maritimes vers 1820–1860 reçu au Muséum en 1955. HERB. MUS. PARIS’ (lecto. P!) [P 02467501] (see note below and Fig. 2 C). ≡ Anemone pavonina var. regina (Risso) Gürke, Pl. Europeae 2 (3): 468 (1903). ≡ Anemone hortensis [forme] regina (Risso) Rouy and Foucaud, Fl. France 1: 49 (1893) nom. inval. (≡ Anemone hortensis [forme] regina (Risso) Albert, Cat. pl. vasc. Var: 4 (1908) nom. inval.). ≡ Anemone hortensis var. regina (Risso) P. Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 348 (1936). = Anemone hortensis var. ocellata Moggr., Contr. Fl. Mentone ed. 3. t. 1 (1874). Lectotype designated here (Art. 9.12) [icon] Contr. Fl. Mentone ed. 3. t. 1 (1874). Right-hand illustration. ≡ Anemone pavonina var. ocellata (Moggr.) Bowles and Stearn, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 73 (3): 69 (1948). Note. Phillipe Geny (1809–1875) settled in Nice in 1833 as inspector of plantations in that city. He was a close correspondent of Antoine Risso (1777–1845), providing all the rather inadequate illustrations for Risso’s “ Flore de Nice ” (Risso 1844), including a barely recognisable one of Anemone hortensis (as A. stellata), but curiously did not provide any illustration of Risso’s new species, A. regina Risso.