Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxburgh (1796: 48) var. benghalensis C.B. Clarke (1879: 576)

Prasanth, Arun & Sardesai, Milind M., 2024, Nomenclatural notes on type materials of fourteen names in Lythraceae, Phytotaxa 660 (3), pp. 243-258 : 254

Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxburgh (1796: 48) var. benghalensis C.B. Clarke (1879: 576)

Lectotype (designated here):— NEPAL. 1821, N. Wallich 2119 (K, K001115236!) ; Paratypes: INDIA. Sikkim, 08 July 1875, C.B. Clarke 26810 B (CAL, 176955!) ; Sikkim s.d., J.D. Hooker s.n. (CAL, 176917!) .

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Notes: —In his description of L. parviflora var. benghalensis, Clarke (1879) cited the Wallich catalogue number 2119 from Nepal (Nipal), Mrs. Mack’s collection from Myanmar ( Burma / Birma), C.B. Clarke’s, J.D. Hooker’s and J.S. Gamble’s collection from Sikkim, and Griffith Icon Pl. Asiat. T. 592. All of the specimens mentioned above are deposited at CAL, and K, except Gamble and Mrs. Mack’s collections. Following article 9.3 of the ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), we have designated Wallich cat. no. 2119, available at K (K001115236!) as the lectotype.

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FIGURE 13. Lectotype of Lagerstroemia parviflora var. benghalensis C.B.Clarke (CAL, 176955). © The Botanical Survey of India.