A checklist of Onagraceae in the Pan-Himalaya region Author Luo, Yike Author Xie, Lei text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-05-17 597 4 245 268 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.597.4.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.597.4.1 1179-3163 7958600 2.2. Circaea cordata Royle (1839: 211) ( Fig. 2D ). Lectotype (designated by Boufford 1982 ):— INDIA . Himachal Pradesh : Kotgarh , J . Royle s.n. ( LIV ). = Circaea × hybrida Handel-Mazzetti (1933: 605) . Type :— CHINA . Yunnan : Mekong-Salwin-Kette, Schattige Gebüsche, 2730 m , 1914, G. Forrest 13254 (E) ( Handel-Mazzetti 1933 ). Distribution: —W Nepal , S Hengduan, N Hengduan. Note: —It’s the most distinctive species in Circaea with densely spreading pubescence on stems and absence of an exserted nectary in the flower ( Boufford 1982 ). Although Handel-Mazzetti (1933) stated in the protologue that the type of Circaea × hybrida is stored in E, we are not sure if there are duplicate sheets, and we cannot determine the type status by now.