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 5754432 6. Embelia robusta Roxburgh (1824: 287) Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA , Jharkhand , Rajmahal hills, 1821, Wallich Cat. No. 2308 ( BM barcode BM000997142 [digital image!]) https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80def686-c844-4bd5-b5cd-daf51d26d900 Fig. 3 FIGURE.2. Lectotype of Embelia gardeneriana Wight (K, K000756502) © copyright of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. FIGURE.3. Lectotype of Embelia robusta Roxb. (BM, BM000997142) © copyright of the Natural History Museum, London. FIGURE.4. Lectotype of Embelia villosa Wall. (K, K001115624) © copyright of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. FIGURE.5. Lectotype of Embelia viridiflora Scheff. (L, L.2635885) © Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden Roxburgh collected a specimen of Embelia with seeds from Rajmahal hills, which is bloomed after six years (in then Royal Botanical Garden, Howrah). Based on his collections from Rajmahal hills he proposed a name E. robusta ( nom. nud. ) in Hortus Bengalensis. Later, the name is validly published in Flora Indica by Roxburgh (1824) . Our search in BM is resulted in a sheet with catalogue number BM000997142 bearing three twigs, one on top just with leaves and two twigs on bottom with fruits annotated as ‘Type specimen’ and “ Embelia robusta Roxburgh 1813 ”. Hence, the specimen perfectly matches with the protologue, the specimen BM000997142 is designated here as lectotype .