Lectotypification of four names in the genus Gymnosporia (Celastraceae) Author Bhat, Abhishek T. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad- 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India Author Prabhukumar, Konickal Mambetta Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad- 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India Author Rana, Tikam Singh 0000-0003-1393-9327 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad- 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India & Present address: CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre, Sector - 19, Central Govt. Enclave, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad- 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India ranatikam@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-04-26 645 3 286 293 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.8 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.8 1179-3163 13215120 Gymnosporia rufa (Wallich) Hooker f. var. latifolia H.H. Haines (1921: 188) ≡ Maytenus rufa var. latifolia (H.H.Haines) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas (1990: 94) . Lectotype (designated here) :— INDIA . Bihar , Ramnagar Forest in valleys, Sameshwar hills, November 1916 , H.H. Haines , 3967 ( K , K001325922 ) ( Fig. 3 ); isolectotype : [ ABD , ABDUH:8/234 ]. Notes: Haines (1921) described G. rufa var. latifolia based on his collections from Ravines in the Sameshwar Hills, Bihar and differentiated from the G. rufa based on the broader leaves. We could trace two specimens referred to in the protologue, one housed in K (K001325922) and another in ABD (ABDUH:8/234). Both specimens have a handwritten label as “3967. Gymnosporia rufa | Ramnagar Forests in valleys. B. & O.| November 1916 ” [Ravines in the Sameshwar Hills are part of the Ramnagar Forest, Bihar ]. The specimen housed in K (K001325922) is with fruits and is designated here as lectotype .