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 marcescens (Wight) C.B.Clarke In the Compositae Indicae: 110 ( Clarke 1876 ) . — Basionym: Gnaphalium marcescens Wight , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 3: 10 ( Wight 1846 ) ( Fig. 2B ) . TYPE CITATION. — “Neilgherries.” LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — India . Tamil Nadu , Neeilgherries (Nilgiri District), s.d., Wight s.n. ( lecto- , MH [ MH00007084 ]!). RESIDUAL SYNTYPE. — India . Tamil Nadu , Neilgherries (Nilgiri District), s.d., Wight s.n. ( syn- , K [ K000899039 image]!). DISTRIBUTION. — India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka and China REMARKS Gnaphalium marcescens was originally described by Wight (1846) from Neeilgherries. Later Clarke (1876) in his book ‘ Compositae Indicae’ transferred G. marcescens to the genus Anaphalis DC. and named it as A. marcescens (Wight) C.B.Clarke . We have traced two specimens from two herbaria, one at MH (MH00007084) and one at K (K000899039). Of these, the sheet with barcode MH00007084 matches well with the illustration of the protologue by Wight. Hence it is designated here as the lectotype for the name G. marcescens .