The pre-Linnaean <i>herbarium</i> of Paolo Boccone (1633–1704) kept in Leiden (the Netherlands) and its connections with the imprinted one in Paris

<p>The subject of this paper is the study of the pre-Linnaean <i>herbarium</i> of Paolo Boccone (1633–1704) which is kept in Leiden (the Netherlands) and its connections with two works of the same author: the imprinted <i>herbarium</i> kept in Paris in the Bibliothèques Interuniversitaires de Médecine and the printed volume “<i>Icones et Descriptiones</i>” of 1674. By means of the comparative analysis of the three works we have verified the existence of numerous similarities (even a complete overlap) between the samples of the Leiden <i>herbarium</i> (some with visible traces of ink), the imprints of the Paris <i>herbarium</i> and the figures of “<i>Icones et Descriptiones</i>”. The drawings to be found in this work, thanks to the realistic fidelity that distinguishes them, have been used by various authors until quite recent times for the description of new <i>taxa</i>. This shows the importance and the usefulness of the <i>herbarium</i> in question for the processes of typification. The taxonomic identification of the specimens (121 angiosperms and 1 alga) allowed us to designate the lectotype and the epitype of <i>Daucus gingidium</i> subsp. <i>polygamus</i> (Gouan) Onno and of <i>Daucus carota</i> subsp. <i>commutatus</i> (Paol.) Thell.