Typification of twelve names in the genus Anaphalis DC. (Asteraceae) Author Murugan, Perumal Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU campus, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu (India) murulax@gmail.com Author Murugan, Chidambaram Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU campus, Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu (India) sivanthimurugan@rediffmail.com Author Karthigeyan, Kaliyamurthy Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, P. O. Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal (India) karthigeyan.murthy@gmail.com text Adansonia 2021 3 2021-09-20 43 17 197 204 journal article 4019 10.5252/adansonia2021v43a17 9d036143-8637-4992-995a-09763a6c8860 1639-4798 5519428 Anaphalis neelgerryana (DC.) DC. In the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 272 ( De Candolle 1838 ) . — Basionym: Gnaphalium neelgherryanum DC. in Wight, Contributions to the Botany of India: 21 ( De Candolle 1834 ) ( Fig. 2D ). TYPE CITATION. — “Neelgherry, 7000 feet , Wight cat. n. 1473 ”. LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — India . Neilgherries , s.d., Wight cat. n. 1473 ( lecto- , E [ E00385830 image]! ; isolecto- , E [ E00385831 image]!, K [ K000899041 image, K000899042 image]!, P [ P01816369 image]!). DISTRIBUTION. — India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), endemic. REMARKS In the protologue of Gnaphalium neelgherryanum , De Candolle (1834) mentioned the type as ‘Neelgherry, 7000 feet , by Wight cat. n. 1473”. De Candolle (1838) transferred Gnaphalium neelgherryanum to the genus Anaphalis DC. and named it as Anaphalis neelgerryana (DC.) DC. Five specimens are traced from different herbaria, two at E (E00385830, E00385831), two at K (K000899041, K000899042) and one at P (P01816369). Among these, the specimen E00385830 is better preserved and more complete, hence it is designated here as the lectotype of G. neelgherryanum .