Ammannia desertorum Blatter & Hallberg (1918: 213)

Prasanth, Arun & Sardesai, Milind M., 2024, Nomenclatural notes on type materials of fourteen names in Lythraceae, Phytotaxa 660 (3), pp. 243-258 : 243-244

Ammannia desertorum Blatter & Hallberg (1918: 213)

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Rajasthan, Near Badka on wet ground, Nov. 1917, Blatter & Hallberg 3347 (BLAT, 89775!) . Syntype: Jaisalmer, Devikot, Nov. 1917, Blatter & Hallberg 3341 (CAL, 176140!).

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Notes: — Ammannia desertorum (1918) was described based on Blatter and Hallberg’s collections from the Rajasthan desert, south of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur collected during 1917. Out of the seven specimens (numbers 3341–3347) that were gathered from various localities as detailed in the protologue, we were only able to locate two: 3341 (CAL) and 3347 (BLAT). Thus, in compliance with article 9.3 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), we here designate a specimen from Jaisalmer, Devikot, Blatter & Hallberg 3347 available at BLAT as lectotype.

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FIGURE 1. Lectotype of Ammannia desertorum Blatter & Hallberg (BLAT, 89775). © St. Xaviers College, Mumbai.