Ochagavia andina (Phil.) Zizka, Trumpler & Zoellner
Taxonomic Change:
- Epitype designated: Baņos Cauquenes, 1873, Reed (CONC 93288) —See Zizka et al. 2002 p. 343-344
Literature references:
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Comments:
- Vernacular name. - Cardoncillo.
Further references. - Rhodostachys andina: F. Philippi in Anales Univ. Chile 59: 279. 1881; Andre in Rev. Hort. 57: 540. 1885; Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 28. 1889, in Bot. Mag.: ad t. 7148. 1890; Philippi in Anales Univ. Chile 91: 608. 1895; Munoz, Espec. Pl. Descr. Philippi: 35. 1960.
Remarks. - A previous typification of the basionym Rhodostachys andina by Smith & Downs (1979: 1531) is in serious conflict with the protologue and has therefore to be rejected. These authors selected a specimen among the holdings at BM that is not from the locality "Linares" given in the protologue, but from "Cordilleres de Monte" or "Hacienda Cauquenes" respectively. In contrast, there is a specimen at SGO (where the types of names published by R. Philippi used to be deposited), with the locality "Linares". This specimen has to be regarded as the holotype of the basionym. Because the holotype is fragmentary, as far as important characters are concerned, an additional epitype is selected here.
HABITAT - The species is the least collected and characterized of Ochagavia. Some specimens are not easy to discriminate from O. litoralis, but in our opinion distribution and altitudinal range justify maintainance of O. andina as a separate species. Nevertheless, additional collections and observations in the field are badly needed for this taxon. Keeping the collecting dates of the specimens in mind, O. andina may well have become very rare today. —See Zizka et al. 2002 p. 343-344
