Nomenclature notes on the genus Salacia L. (Celastraceae) in India Author Jadhav, Durga C. Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research, 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi, Shirwal, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra, India 412 801. Author Prabhugaonkar, Ashish V. Eastern Regional Centre, Botanical Survey of India, Woodland, Laitumkhrah, Shillong 793 003. Author Nandikar, Mayur D. Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research, 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi, Shirwal, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra, India 412 801. text Phytotaxa 2016 2016-06-14 265 2 121 130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.265.2.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.265.2.3 1179-3163 13662647 1 . Salacia beddomei Gamble (1916: 133) Type :— INDIA , Tamil Nadu , Coimbatore district , Anamalai hills, 1866, Beddome s.n. [ lectotype , K ( K000669921 , image! Fig. 1 ); isolectotype , MH ! ( MH00001914 ), designated here] . Salacia beddomei was described by Gamble from Anamalai hills Coimbatore, India based on the Beddome’s collection. In the protologue no type has been mentioned. Two specimens are placed at K and MH collected by R . A . Beddome in 1866, and annotated by Gamble (1916) . The specimen placed at K ( K 000669921) agrees with protologue and has illustration of the flower by Gamble therefore designated here as lectotype , while duplicate at MH ( MH 00001914) as isolectotype .