Embelia gardneriana Wight (1848: 1208)

Prasanth, Arun & Sardesai, Milind M., 2021, Nomenclatural notes on type materials of eight names in Embelia (Primulaceae) from Peninsular India, Phytotaxa 491 (3), pp. 230-238 : 232

4. Embelia gardneriana Wight (1848: 1208)

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA: Western slope of Sispara, s. ann., Wight, R. s. n. ( K barcode K000756502 [digital image!]), isolectotype: ( K barcode K000756501 [digital image!], K000756503 [digital image!]). Fig. 2

Wight (1848) collected and described the species E. gardneriana from western slopes of Sispara, Nilgiri and named the species in the honor of Mr. Gardner of Ceylon (who accompanied him and collected the first flowering specimen). According to Stafleu and Cowan (1988) type specimens of Wight is available at K and further materials at A, ADB and B. Authors found three specimens available in K two with HRWP label (Herb. R. Wight. Prop) annotated by Wight (K000756502, K000756503) and one by Gardner (K000756501), who collected the specimen while accompanying Wight while collecting the specimen. Moreover, Noltie (2005) stated the same in his work “ Botany of Robert Wight”. Hence, the specimen with barcode no. K000756502 is designated here as lectotype.

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FIGURE.2. Lectotype of Embelia gardeneriana Wight (K, K000756502) © copyright of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.