Anaphalis meeboldii W.W.Sm.

Murugan, Perumal, Murugan, Chidambaram & Karthigeyan, Kaliyamurthy, 2021, Typification of twelve names in the genus Anaphalis DC. (Asteraceae), Adansonia (3) 43 (17), pp. 197-204 : 200

Anaphalis meeboldii W.W.Sm.

Records of the Botanical Survey of India 4: 284 ( Smith 1911) ( Fig. 2C ).

TYPE CITATION. — “Travancore by A. Meebold 13326 ”.

LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — India. Kerala, Travancore , Devicolam , 7000 feet (2133.6 m), X.1910, A. Meebold 13326 (lecto-, CAL [ CAL0000016862 image]! ; isolecto-, CAL [ CAL0000016861 image]!; K [ K000852213 image]!).

DISTRIBUTION. — India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), Endemic.

REMARKS

Smith (1911) described A. meeboldii based on the specimens collected from Travancore, Devicolam by A. Meebold 13326. We have traced three specimens from two herbaria, two at CAL (CAL0000016861, CAL0000016862) and one at K (K000852213). The CAL specimen with barcode CAL0000016862 is designated here as the lectotype of the name A. meeboldii .

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, Isolectotype of Helichrysum leptophyllum DC. (K000899022); B, lectotype of Gnaphalium marcescens Wight (MH00007084), © Madras Herbarium, Coimbatore; C, lectotype of Anaphalis meeboldii W.W.Sm. (CAL0000016862), © Central National Herbarium, Howrah; D, isolectotype of Gnaphalium neelgherryanum DC. (K000899041); A, D, © The board of trustess of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.