Barleria grandiflora Dalzell (1850: 339)

Patil, Suraj S., Deshmukh, Pradip V. & Lekhak, Manoj M., 2022, Typification of some names in Indian Barleria L. (Acanthaceae), Phytotaxa 547 (3), pp. 285-294 : 289

Barleria grandiflora Dalzell (1850: 339) .

Type (lectotype designated here):— INDIA. Bombay [Mumbai], s.d., Dalzell s.n. ex Herb. Hookerianum (K barcode K001392446!). Fig. 2 . Residual syntypes:—K barcodes K001392447!, K000797793! and K000797794 !

Notes: The species was described by Dalzell (1850) who provided a description and mentioned the locality “Crescit in montibus Syhadree ad Tulkut Ghaut”. In search of specimens of Dalzell in K, CAL, DD and W, we found five specimens under the name B. grandiflora (K001392446, K001392447, K000797793, K000797794 and K000797795). All the specimens except K000797795 (collected by J.E.Stocks) were collected by Dalzell and can be considered as original material. Shendage & Yadav (2010: 121) indicated “ Tulkut Ghat in Syahadri , Dalzell s. n. (K)” as “ Type ”, but they did not satisfy Art. 7.11 of the ICN, so this was not an effective lectotypification. From these K specimens we select K001392446 as lectotype because the sheet is annotated by Dalzell in his own hand and bears a complete specimen with flower.

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FIGURE 2. Lectotype of Barleria grandiflora (K001392446) [Reproduced with kind permission of the Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.].