Papaver orientale L., Sp. Pl.: 508. 1753. Lectotypus (GOLDBLATT, 1974a: 288): SINE LOCO: Herb. LINN nº 669/10 (Fig. 7). = Papaver monanthum Trautv. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 393. 1866.  Papaver orientale var. monanthum (Trautv.) Trautv. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4: 346. 1876. Lectotypus (designated by MICHEEV, 1993: 118): GEORGIA: “Schambobell – Geb.”, 9.VII.1865, Radde 117 (LE image seen, Fiche 75/C 1 in GELTMAN, 1995b); isolecto-: LE image seen, Fiche 75/B 8 in GELTMAN, 1995b). = Papaver orientale var. paucifoliatum Trautv. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4: 346. 1876.  Papaver paucifoliatum (Trautv.) Fedde in Engl., Pflanzenr. 40: 366. 1909. Lectotypus (designated by GOLDBLATT, 1974a: 289): GEORGIA: “ad lacum Tabizchuri”, 1875, Raddi 73 (L; isolecto-: LE image seen, Fiche 75/C 7 in GELTMAN, 1995b). For further synonyms see GOLDBLATT (1974a). Notes. – The isolectotype of the name P. orientale var. paucifoliatum Trautv. in LE has not been mentioned in the original lectotypification (GOLDBLATT, 1974a: 289). Although stated (MICHEEV, 1993), this name has not been lectotypified in Flora SSSR (POPOV, 1937) because the expression “ type ” or its equivalents have not been used in this treatment.

Published as part of Lack, H. Walter, 2019, The discovery and naming of Papaver orientale s. l. (Papaveraceae) with notes on its nomenclature and early cultivation, pp. 47-64 in Candollea 74 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.15553/c2019v741a7, http://zenodo.org/record/5724663