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 .