16. Rubus tephrodes Hance (1874: 260)

Type (lectotype designated here):— CHINA. Kiangsi [Jiangxi], 3 Aug. 1873, O. Moellendorff s.n. (barcode BM000946958!). [Image available at https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0016db02-fc51-413b-94ce-3b653dd5cdc0].

Note:—In the protologue, Hance (1874) mentioned the following locality information: “The few plants of which a list is subjoined were all gathered on two consecutive days—the 2 nd and 3 rd August, 1873—by Dr. Otto von Moellendorff, of the Imperial German Legation at Peking, on the hills lying immediately to the south of Kiukiang.”. We trace the original material of “ Moellendorff, dated 3 August 1873 ” in BM (barcode 000946958). Two other collections from China: “ J.C. Nevin s.n., 1876” in BM (barcode 000946957), and “ R H. Graves s.n. ” in BM (barcode 000946958) are also mounted on the same sheet (Otto sheet). However, “ J.C. Nevin s.n., 1876” and “ R H. Graves s.n. ” were not cited in the original protologue by Hance (1874), thus it cannot be selected as the lecotype. Hence, we designate the original specimen of “ Moellendorff s.n. ” in BM (barcode 000946958) as the lectotype (Art. 9.12 of ICN). The selected sheet bears the same locality and date and is morphological complete with the presence of stem, leaves, flower, and inflorescence that fully correspond with the protologue.