Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke

Jana, Bikash & Srivastava, Ramesh C., 2014, Lectotypification of six species of Kobresia Willd. (Cyperaceae), Candollea 69 (2), pp. 109-113 : 111-112

Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke

in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 383. 1883.

Ξ Kobresia pygmaea (C. B. Clarke) C. B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl.Brit. India 6: 696. 1894.

Lectotypus (designated here): Sikkim, 4300-5200 m, s.d., J. D. Hooker s.n. ( CAL [ 0000001900 ]!)( Fig. 5 ).

The protologue of Hemicarex pygmaea cited the following collections: “ Elyna sp.n. 7, Herb. Ind. Or., Hook f. et T. Thoms.; KUNAWUR: Jacquemont, n. 1783; LADAK: in jugo Lanak (T. Thomson); SIKKIM: prope Momay et Kongra Lama, alt. 4,400 metr. (J. D. Hooker)”.

We examined the images of the relevant specimens deposited at K (Jacquemont 1783, J. D. Hooker s.n., Thomson s.n.), BM (J. D. Hooker s.n.), P (J. D. Hooker s.n.) and the specimen at CAL (J. D. Hooker s.n.). There are four herbarium sheets J. D. Hooker’s collection at CAL [0000001900], identified by C. B. Clarke in May 1884 as Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke.

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Fig. 5. – Lectotype of Hemicarex pygmaea C. B. Clarke (designated by an arrow). [J. D. Hooker s.n., CAL] [© Central National Herbarium. Reproduced with permission]