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 .