Lectotypification of six species of Kobresia Willd. (Cyperaceae) Author Jana, Bikash BotanicalSurvey ofIndia, Kolkata- 700064, India. bikash.janadp@rediffmail.com Author Srivastava, Ramesh C. BotanicalSurvey ofIndia, Kolkata- 700064, India. text Candollea 2014 2014-12-01 69 2 109 113 journal article 3368 10.15553/c2014v692a1 6b3ec79a-c3f0-4d86-80c8-7929ff32f53f 2235-3658 5718312 Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 383. 1883. Ξ Kobresia pygmaea (C. B. Clarke) C. B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl.Brit. India 6: 696. 1894. Lectotypus (designated here): Sikkim , 4300-5200 m , s.d., J. D. Hooker s.n . ( CAL [ 0000001900 ]!)( Fig. 5 ). The protologue of Hemicarex pygmaea cited the following collections: “ Elyna sp.n. 7, Herb. Ind. Or., Hook f. et T. Thoms.; KUNAWUR: Jacquemont, n. 1783; LADAK: in jugo Lanak (T. Thomson); SIKKIM : prope Momay et Kongra Lama, alt. 4,400 metr. (J. D. Hooker)”. Fig. 5. – Lectotype of Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke (designated by an arrow). [ J . D. Hooker s.n., CAL ] [© Central National Herbarium. Reproduced with permission] Fig. 6. – Lectotype of Carex uncinoides Boott (designated by an arrow). [J. D. Hooker s.n., CAL] [© Central National Herbarium. Reproduced with permission] We examined the images of the relevant specimens deposited at K (Jacquemont 1783, J. D. Hooker s.n ., Thomson s.n.), BM (J. D. Hooker s.n.), P (J. D. Hooker s.n . ) and the specimen at CAL (J. D. Hooker s.n . ). There are four herbarium sheets J. D. Hooker’s collection at CAL [0000001900], identified by C. B. Clarke in May 1884 as Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke.