Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in the holoparasitic Orobanchaceae

Based on further extensive studies of specimens in various herbaria, lectotypes are designated for many taxa of holoparasitic Orobanchaceae. In particular, 47 names in the genera Boschniakia (incl. Xylanche ), Cistanche , Orobanche , Phelipanche and Phelypaea are lectotypified. In total, type references are provided for 61 names and authentic material is cited for five names. All types are illustrated by scanned images. The following nomenclatural novelties are proposed as rank or state changes: Orobanche amoena var. bella , Orobanche amoena var. colossea, Orobanche amoena var. ianthina, Orobanche colorata subsp. anatolica , Orobanche santolinae subsp. apuana , Orobanche santolinae subsp. cyrnea and Phelipanche pallens f. karatavica . The following names are synonymized: Anblatum tataricum , Boschniakia handelii , Boschniakia handelii f. minor , Boschniakia himalaica , Ceratocalyx macrolepis , Cistanche feddeana , Orobanche alsatica var. yuennanensis , Orobanche ammophila , Orobanche amoena var. calycina , Orobanche antirrhina , Orobanche australiana , Orobanche bicolor , Orobanche bovei , Orobanche carotae , Orobanche cernua f. tenuisepala , Orobanche coerulescens var. bicolor , Orobanche delilei , Orobanche gontscharovii , Orobanche ianthina , Orobanche indica , Orobanche insignis , Orobanche kotschyi var. multiplex , Orobanche latisquama , Orobanche major f. karelinii , Orobanche nicotianae , Orobanche ozanonis , Orobanche peisonis , Orobanche pogonanthera , Orobanche scabiosae , Orobanche spectabilis , Orobanche tatarica , Orobanche versicolor , Phelipanche atlantica , Phelypaea gigantea and Phelypaea melongenae .