# The Greuter Herbarium in Palermo: An Inventory of Its Type Specimens Available Online, with Some Thoughts on Type Terminology (Occasional Papers from the Herbarium Greuter, N° 5)

## TL;DR

This paper provides an online inventory of type specimens in the Greuter Herbarium in Palermo and introduces new terminology for type classification.

## Contribution

Introduces new terminology for type specimens, including 'first-step holotype' and 'second-step holotype'.

## Key findings

- The type herbarium contains 336 specimens from 328 different names, mainly from the Mediterranean, Cuba, and Australia.
- Digital access to specimen images and protologue texts is provided for each entry.
- New terminology is proposed to clarify type specimen classification and typification processes.

## Abstract

The separately stored type herbarium of the Herbarium Greuter in Palermo is comprised of 339 sheets, corresponding to 336 specimens pertaining to 328 different names. Material from the Mediterranean area, especially Greece, predominates, followed by that from the Caribbean (Cuba) and Australia. The list includes transcribed label data and links to the digital specimen images and to the protologue texts. A new type of terminology is introduced, with the terms “first-step holotype” and “second-step holotype” designating type categories parallel to the similar terms already in use for lectotypes, and the phrase “detailed here” is used as an equivalent to “designated here” in second-step typification.