Decalepidanthus (Boraginaceae) includes and antedates Pseudomertensia; a synopsis of the genus Author Dickoré, W. Bernhard Author Hilger, Hartmut H. Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Systematische Botanik, Altensteinstrasse 6, D- 14195 Berlin, Germany. text Phytotaxa 2015 2015-09-11 226 2 131 143 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.3 1179-3163 13636204 2. Decalepidanthus elongatus (Decne.) Dickoré & Hilger , comb. nov. Basionym:— Lithospermum elongatum Decne. in Jacquemont (1844: 121) . ≡ Eritrichium elongatum (Decne.) A.DC. in Candolle (1846: 124) . ≡ Mertensia elongata (Decne.) Clarke (1883: 170) . ≡ Pseudomertensia elongata (Decne.) Riedl (1967: 61) . Type :— INDIA . Jammu & Kashmir: ‘In saxosis humidis sylvarum supra Pendjegram’, 2600 m , 21 August 1831 , V.Jacquemont 925 (holo P photo!, iso K! [‘Cachemyr’, s.n. ]). = Pseudomertensia moltkioides var. leichtlinii Kazmi (1970: 383) . Type :— PAKISTAN . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa : Hazara, M. Leichtlin 4 (BM!). Icon.: — Nasir (1989b) : fig. 33 A–C.— Fig. 1b (nutlet), 1f (habit) Distribution: —N Pakistan ( Khyber Pakhtunkhwa :?Swat, Hazara), NW India (Jammu & Kashmir): Outer far northwest and Kashmir Himalaya.—Map: fig. 2a. FIGURE 2. Map of the Western Himalayas showing distribution of Decalepidanthus species , filled symbols refer to specimens seen. a , D. echioides and D. elongatus ; b , D. moltkioides and D. parviflorus ; c , D. primuloides , and literature records for D. ( Scapicephalus ) rosulatus ; d , D. racemosus and D. trollii . Habitat: —Elevation (2190–) 2430–3880 m , subalpine; locally frequent in forest clearings [ Abies webbiana (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl. ], moist scrub, meadows [ Juniperus squamata Buch. -Ham., Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl. , Kobresia nepalensis (Nees) Kük. ] and among rocks. Notes: — Decalepidanthus elongatus is apparently restricted to a small stretch of land on the outer (south) slopes of the far western Himalaya, west to Hazara; a single literature record for Swat requires confirmation. With the possible exception of some doubtful specimens or populations from the upper Kaghan valley, its distribution is sharply separated from that of D. echioides to the north of the main Himalayan range.