Authentic specimens collected by A.I. Malzev in the VIR Herbarium collection (WIR)

Abstract

Alexander Ivanovich Malzev is one of the foremost collectors and founders of the VIR herbarium collection (WIR). To develop the original system of Euavena section, he collected over 16,000 herbarium specimens and studied Russian and foreign herbarium collections of botanical gardens, museums and universities. During the inventory of historical collections of the Herbarium of cultivated plants of the world, their wild relatives, and weeds (VIR Herbarium, WIR), some authentic herbarium specimens collected by A.I. Malzev and cited in his monograph have been identified. In taxa protologues, the author cited only the origin of the specimen. Many specimens were initially represented by seeds and studied and herbarized by A.I. Malzev later when planted at experiment stations. We are publishing nomenclatural types of 40 taxa found in the VIR Herbarium (WIR), which were described, and validly and effectively published by A.I. Malzev. Lectotypes for 15 taxa were selected by B.R. Baum (1977). We have designated 10 lectotypes.