Nomenclatural notes on Piper Linn. (Piperaceae) from India II Author Mukherjee, Prasanta Kumar text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-02-09 338 1 17 32 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.338.1.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.338.1.2 1179-3163 13719121 23. Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand. -Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 155. 1929 . Basionym:— Chavica wallichii Miq. Syst. Piperac. 254. 1843. Type:— NEPAL . Nepal, 1821, Wallich 6658 A ( lectotype designated K0007944619 image!; isolectotype U1476587 image!, G-DC G00206603 image!, K000794468 image!, CAL !; syntype BANGLADESH , Sylhet Wallich 6658 B CAL !) . Piper aurantiacum Wall. ex C. DC. Prodr. 16: 357 1869 nom . illegt. Piper accrescens Van Heurck & Müll. Arg. Piperaceae novae 118. 1871 syn. nov. Type :— INDIA . India Orientale , Griffith 1203 ( holotype BR14904 image!; isotype G-DC G00317397 image!) . Piper caudilimbum C. DC. Candollea 2: 206. 1925 syn. nov. Type :— BANGLADESH . East Bengal , Griffith 4417 ( lectotype designated here CAL !; isotype K00079442 image!; syntype Assam, Sypuva, Masters s. n. CAL !) . Distribution:— INDIA : Meghalaya , Arunachal Pradesh , Manipur ; BANGLADESH , CHINA , NEPAL . Note:— The specimen at U (U1476587 ) bearing annotation by Miquel as Chavica wallichii would have been a better choice for the lectotype . Casinir de Candolle (1925: 206) mentioned the Griffith 4417 specimen at CAL as one of the types of P. caudilimbum . As this has a complete plant with mature female spikes and similar in every respect to P. wallichii , it is designated as the lectotype . Leaves are caudate at apex in this species and both the male and female spikes are long and flexuous. While describing P. accrescens , Van Heurck & Müll. Arg. (1870: 118) commented that their species was not much different from P. aurantiacum .