Validation of the name Osbeckia tirunelvelica (Melastomataceae) Author Kottaimuthu, Ramalingam Department of Botany, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Madurai- 625 022, Tamil Nadu, India; Author Gnanasekaran, Gunadayalan Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore 614 003, Tamil Nadu, India. text Phytotaxa 2015 2015-10-23 231 3 300 300 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.231.3.10 journal article 302073 10.11646/phytotaxa.231.3.10 96f8ffef-835f-495e-b7d6-b9590feaff0a 1179-3163 13631902 Osbeckia tirunelvelica Murugan & Manickam ex Kottaim. & Gnanasek. , sp. nov. Osbeckia tirunelvelica Murugan & Manickam (2001: 626) , nom. inval. Type:INDIA : Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli District, Manjolai hills, Road below Manjolai, Manickam & Murugan XCH 15109 ( holotype XCH !). Description :—Murugan & Manickam (2001) : 626). Etymology: —This species named after the type locality, Tirunelveli Hills, Tamil Nadu , India . Distribution: —Endemic of India ( Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli Hills).