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.
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Candollea
2014
2014-12-01
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109
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journal article
3368
10.15553/c2014v692a1
6b3ec79a-c3f0-4d86-80c8-7929ff32f53f
2235-3658
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Carex uncinioides
Boott, Ill. Gen.
Carex 1: 8. 1858.
Ξ
Kobresia uncinioides
(Boott) C. B. Clarke
inHook. f., Fl.
Brit.
India
6: 698. 1894
.
Lectotypus
(designated here):
Sikkim
,
3400-4300 m
,
J. D. Hooker
s.n.
(
CAL
[
0000001901
]!)(
Fig. 6
).
The protologue of
Carex uncinoides
cited the specimens as follows: “In Himalaya orientali temperata, ad
Sikkim
, alt. 10-15,000 ped.,
J. D. Hooker
” and also provided an illustration. Wehave examined the images of the relevant specimens at K
(J. D. Hooker s.n.)
and a specimen at CAL
(J. D. Hooker s.n.).
One of the sheets at K has five collections of J. D. Hooker collected mostlyfrom Lachen inNorthEast
Sikkim
withfive labels. Authors have examined the specimen at CAL that bears a determinative slip of C. B. Clarke in his own handwriting (mentioned as “
Carex uncinoides
Boott
”). One earlier worker Neelam Ghildyal has also put determinative slip as a
type
of
Kobresia uncinioides
, without mentioning any
type
status. This herbarium sheet consists of 3 plant parts; one of them (nearest todeterminateslip) isdesignated as alectotype, one is incomplete and one is a dwarf specimen.