J. Jpn. Bot. 93(2): 136–137 (2018)

Prashant Keshav Pusalkar: Name Correction for glacialis ()

Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192-Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun, 248195 INDIA E-mail: [email protected]

Summary: Oxygraphis kamchatica (DC.) R. R. 1817 (1818), p. 302), which has publication Stewart (Ranunculaceae) based on priority over glacialis Fisch. ex DC. kamchaticus DC. is reported here as having (De Candolle 1824, p. 44), the basionym of priority over Oxygraphis glacialis (Fisch. ex DC.) currently accepted name Oxygraphis glacialis. Bunge based on Ficaria glacialis Fisch. ex DC. A careful check of the online nomenclatural and hence the correct choice as accepted name at the species rank. database (The List 2013) revealed that, though Oxygraphis Bunge is correctly accepted Ranunculaceae Oxygraphis Bunge as a distinct genus, as supported by molecular (1835, 1836) is represented by six species phylogenetic analyses (Emadzade et al. 2010), distributed in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, the type species of the genus, O. glacialis is Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan and listed as a synonym under the accepted name Russia. Of these, Oxygraphis tenuifolia W. E. Ranunculus kamchaticus DC. which needs, as Evans (1921) is endemic to China (Wang et al. per ICN code (McNeill et al. 2012), placement 2001), O. kumaonensis I. D. Rai & G. S. Rawat correction under the genus Oxygraphis as (2015) is endemic to India and O. shaftoanus proposed here. Aitch. & Hemsl. (Aitchison 1882) is restricted to Afghanistan–Pakistan region. Oxygraphis Oxygraphis kamchatica (DC.) R. R. delavayi Franch. (1886), hitherto known Stewart, Annot. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pakistan Chinese endemic was recently recorded from & Kashmir: 268 (1972), ut ’kamchaticus’. – India (Tiwari 2016); O. polypetala (Raf.) Hook. Ranunculus kamchaticus DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 302 f. & Thomson (1855), a Himalayan endemic (1817 [1818]). is known from Bhutan, China (Tibet/Xizang), Ficaria glacialis Fisch. ex DC., Prodr. 1: 44 India, Nepal and Pakistan, whereas the type (1824). – Oxygraphis glacialis (Fisch. ex DC.) species of the genus, O. glacialis (Fisch. ex DC.) Bunge in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 2: 556 Bunge (1836, 1855) has a wider distribution in (1835) & Verz. Altai Pfl.: 47( 1836). China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia. Floras dealing with Oxygraphis glacialis References (Ovczinnikov 1937, Wang et al. 2001) have Aitchison J. E. T. (1881) 1882. On the flora of the Kuram valley, & c., Afghanistan – Part II. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. correctly cited Ranunculus kamchaticus DC. as a 19: 139–200. synonym under the accepted name, O. glacialis. Bunge A. A. 1835. Verzeichniss der im Jahre 1832 im It is, however, notable that the publication date of östlichen Theile des Altai-Gebirges gesammelten R. kamchaticus was erroneously referred to later Pflanzen. Ein Supplement zur Flora Altaica. Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 2: 523–610. reference in De Candolle’s ‘Prodromus’ (1824, Bunge A. A. 1836. Verzeichniss der im Jahre 1832 im p. 43) instead of the protologue description östlichen Theile des Altai-Gebirges gesammelten in ‘Regnum Vegetabile, vol 1” (De Candolle Pflanzen. Ein Supplement zur Flora Altaica. Kaiserliche

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P. K. Pusalkar：キンポウゲ科 Oxygraphis glacialis の学 名訂正 キ ン ポ ウ ゲ 科 の Oxygraphis 属 は キ ン ポ ウ ゲ 属 シアに分布する．しかしながら，この学名はバシオニ Ranunculus に似た植物で，花弁が 13–15 個あり，痩果 ム Ficaria glacialis Fisch. ex DC. (1824) に基いており， の側面に 1 脈がある点で異る．この属はユーラシア大陸 より早い Ranunculus kamchaticus DC. (1817) に基いた の高山帯に 6 種がある．タイプ種は Oxygraphis glacialis Oxygraphis kamchatica (DC.) R. R. Stewart (1972) と訂正 (Fisch. ex DC.) Bunge で，本属の中でも最も分布域が広 されるべきである． く，ヒマラヤ地域の他，カザフスタン，モンゴル，ロ （インド・植物調査所 Northern Regional Centre）