Nomenclatural notes on type materials of eight names in Embelia (Primulaceae) from Peninsular India
Author
Prasanth, Arun
Author
Sardesai, Milind M.
text
Phytotaxa
2021
2021-03-23
491
3
230
238
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.491.3.3
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.491.3.3
1179-3163
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Embelia villosa
Wallich (1824: 289)
Lectotype
(designated here):—
INDIA
,
Jharkhand
, Rajmahal hills, 1823,
Wallich Cat. No.
2313 (
K
,
K001115624
!); isolectotype: (
G
,
G00138770
!).
Fig. 4
Wallich (1824) described this species based on Roxburgh’s collection. This species was introduced into the Botanic garden along with
E. robusta
by Roxburgh (Wallich 1824). Major collections of Wallich are now deposited at K herbarium (
Stafleu & Cowan 1988
). Our search in K resulted in finding an HBC specimen with Wallich catalogue no. 2313, which is cited in the protologue. The specimen (K001115624) from K has two species of
Embelia
mounted on a single sheet, on top with
E. villosa
(three flowering twigs) and at bottom a single reproductive twig of
E. ribes
. Additionally, we could trace one more specimen deposited in G herbarium which is annotated as isotype on the sheet with Wallich catalogue no. 2313 and both the specimens are matching with the protologue. Hence, here we designate the specimen with barcode K001115624 available at K herbarium as
lectotype
.