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Overlooked Inadvertent Lectotypifications of Six Names in Indo-Malesian Phyllanthaceae NeBIO I www.nebio.in I December 2019 I 10(4): 201-208. CORRESPONDENCE Overlooked inadvertent lectotypifications of six names in Indo-Malesian Phyllanthaceae Tapas Chakrabarty1, Gopal Krishna2 and Mahendra Nath Mitta*3 14, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah - 711 103, West Bengal, India. 2Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah - 711 103, West Bengal, India. 3Department of Botany, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati - 517 502, Andhra Pradesh, India. Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper points out the inadvertent lectotypifications of six names in Phyllanthaceae viz., Antidesma neurocarpum Miq., Antidesma sootepense Craib, Aporosa latifolia Thwaites, Leiocarpus fruticosus Blume, Sauropus garretti Craib and Sauropus rostratus Miq. that have been overlooked and re-lectofied. Of these, a second-step lectotype has been designated for the name Aporosa latifolia. KEYWORDS: Phyllanthaceae; Antidesma; Aporosa; Breynia; lectotypification. Introduction Lectotypifications Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1993, 1996, 2000) under Art. 7.11 Antidesma neurocarpum Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 3: 466. of the ICN (Turland et al., 2018) inadvertently lectotypified (see 1861. Figure 1. Prado et al., 2015) Antidesma neurocarpum Miq., Antidesma sootepense Craib, Aporosa latifolia Thwaites, Leiocarpus Type (lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay, fruticosus Blume (a synonym of Aporosa frutescens Blume), 2000: 32): Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampong Province, Near Sauropus garretti Craib [basionym of Breynia garretti (Craib) Siringkebau, Mangala, Teijsmann HB 4532 (CAL0000023289!; Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr.] and Sauropus rostratus Miq. [a synonym isolectotype U0080845: image!). Residual syntypes: Indonesia, of Breynia temii (Welzen & Chayam.) Welzen & Pruesapan]. Lampong, Teijsmann s.n. (K00006154: image!). Indonesia, However, all these names were re-lectotypified by later workers Sumatra, Lampong, No collector [Teijsmann] HB 4365 (U0080844: which are to be treated as superfluous. Details of the inadvertent image!). lectotypifications as well as re-lectotypifications are given below to ensure the use of earliest designated lectotypes. It is found Note: Hoffmann (2006: 175) overlooked the inadvertent that one of the above names, Aporosa latifolia, requires a second- lectotypifiation of the name A. neucocarpum by Chakrabarty & step lectotypification under Art. 9.17 of the ICN which is also Gangopadhyay (2000: 32), at par with Art. 7.11 of the ICN and designated here. redesignated the same at U (Teijsmann HB 4532, U0080845: image!). Received 6 September 2019 I Accepted 21 December 2019 I Published online 31 December 2019 Citation: Chakrabarty T, Krishna G & MN Mitta. 2019. Overlooked inadvertent lectotypifications of six names in Indo-Malesian Phyllanthaceae. NeBIO 10(4): 201-208. Acknowledgement The authors are grateful to the Director, Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata and Dr. V.P. Prasad, Scientist - E and Head of Office, Central National Hebarium, BSI, Howrah for the facilities. They are thankful to Dr. Subir Bandyopadhyay for going through the manuscript critically and suggesting a number of changes. Copyright © Tapas Chakrabarty, Gopal Krishna & Mahendra Nath Mitta. 2019. NECEER, Imphal allows unrestricted use, reproduction, and distribution of this article in any medium by adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publication. NeBIO, An International Journal of Environment and Biodiversity Official publication of North East Centre for Environmental Education (NECEER), Imphal I ISSN 2278-2281 (Online), 0976-3597 (Print) I www.nebio.in Chakrabarty et al. » Overlooked inadvertent lectotypifications of six names in Indo-Malesian Phyllanthaceae NeBIO 10(4): 201-208 Figure 1. Lectotype of Antidesma neurocarpum – CAL0000023289 (© Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata). 202 ISSN 2278-2281 (Online), 0976-3597 (Print) I www.nebio.in Chakrabarty et al. » Overlooked inadvertent lectotypifications of six names in Indo-Malesian Phyllanthaceae NeBIO 10(4): 201-208 Antidesma sootepense Craib in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 463. Note: Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1993: 163) cited the type of 1911, ‘sootepensis’. Figure 2. Aporosa latifolia as: “Type: Sri Lanka, Central Prov., Thwaites CP 3433 (K: photo! – Lectotype, here designated; Isolectotype in Type (lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay, CAL)”. After two years, Schot (1995: 451) cited the type as: “Type: 2000: 36): Thailand, Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 6 June 1909, A.F.G. Thwaites 3433 (holo BM; iso P).” Later Chakrabarty & Kerr 676 (CAL0000023313!; isolectotypes A00106195, Balakrishnan (2018: 85) accepted the lectotypification of BM000951348, K000061510, K000061511, images!). Residual Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1993) but they overlooked that syntypes: Thailand, Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 20 June 1909, A.F.G. there are two duplicates of the gathering Thwaites CP 3433 at K Kerr 676 A (BM000951349, K000061512, K000061513, images!). and therefore the designation by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1993) should be accepted as first-step lectotype, to be narrowed Note: Hoffmann (2006: 210) overlooked the inadvertent to a single specimen in a second-step lectotypification as per Art. lectotypification by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (2000: 36) and 9.17 of the ICN. As regards the designation by Schot (1995), this re-lectotypified the name based on a specimen at K (K000061511: should also be accepted as an effective lectotypification (Art. 7.11 image!). of ICN) but it is antedated by the designation of Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1993). Aporosa frutescens Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 514. 1826. Breynia temii (Welzen & Chayam.) Welzen & Pruesapan in Blumea Type (lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan 2018: 59: 90. 2014. 81–82): Indonesia, Java, Blume s.n. [1704] (L0041512: image!; Sauropus temii Welzen & Chayam. in Kew Bull. 56: 654. 2001. isolectotypes L0041508, L0041509, images!). = Sauropus rostratus Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 179, 447. = Leiocarpus fruticosus Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 12: 582. 1826. 1861 [non Breynia rostrata Merr., 1922]. Figure 4. Aporosa fruticosa (Blume) Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 475. 1866. Figure 3. Type (lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay, Type (lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay 1996: 544): Indonesia, Sumatra, Pagger dewok, Lampongs, 1993: 160): Indonesia, Java, Blume s.n. (CAL0000023033!, herb. Teijsmann HB 4316, herb. acc. no. 401736 (CAL0000022613!; acc. no. 406404). isolectotype U0017818: image!). Residual syntype: Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang Prov., River Lamatang near Koeripan Note: Schot (2004: 220) cited the type of Aporosa frutescens as (Kuripan), Teijsmann HB 3678 (U0002085: image!). “Lectotype (proposed here): Blume 1704 (holo L, barcode L0041512), Java.” Her use of the words “proposed here” is not Note: The name Breynia temii was adopted by Welzen et. al. definite acceptance of the type as per Art. 7.11 of ICN and (2014: 90) because the specific epithet ‘rostrata’ is preoccupied therefore not an effective lectotypification (Dr. John McNeill, under the genus Breynia, preventing the transfer of the earliest pers. comm.). As regards the synonym Leiocarpus fruticosus, available name, Sauropus rostratus to Breynia. Miquel (1861: 447) Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1993: 160) cited the type as: “Type: described the species on the basis of two collections by J.E. Java, Blume, s. n., acc. no. 406404 (CAL).” Thus, they definitely Teijsmann from two localities in Sumatra, one in flowering and accepted Blumes s.n. at CAL, herbarium accession number 406404 the other in fruiting: “Sumatra orient. in prov. Palembang, secus fl. as the type, satisfying Art. 7.11 of the ICN, whereby effectively Lamattang, ad Kuripan, florens; in Sumatra austr. prov. Lampong, lectotypifying the name. Subsequently Schot (2004: 220) ad Pager-dewok, fructif. (T.).” Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1996: designated the lectotype based on a collection of Blume at L 544) included two species in their list of “Type specimens of (Blume 2136, L0041510: image!) but again used the words Malesian species in CAL” viz. Sauropus calcareous M.R. Hend. “proposed here”, not in accordance with Art. 7.11. Chakrabarty & and S. rostratus Miq. and cited the type of the latter as: “Type: Balakrishnan (2018: 82), having failed to recognize the effective Sumatra, Paggerdewok, Lampongs,Teysmann HB 4316, acc. no. lectotypification by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (2003), 401736.” Thus, they inadvertently but effectively lectotypified the redesignated the lectotype based on a Blume’s collection at L name S. rostratus in compliance with Art. 7.11 of the ICN. (Blume 2136, L0041510: image!). However, this lectotypification was overlooked by Welzen (2003: 370) who re-lectotypified the name with another collection of Aporosa latifolia Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl., 288. 1861. Teijsmann at U which is not acceptable. Type (first-step lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty & Breynia garrettii (Craib) Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. in Bangladesh J. Gangopadhyay, 1993: 163): Sri Lanka, Thwaites CP [Ceylon Plants] Plant Taxon. 19(2): 120. 2012. 3433 (K000246708: photo!). Second-step lectotype (designated Sauropus garrettii Craib in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 284. here): Sri Lanka, Thwaites CP [Ceylon Plants] 3433 (K000246708!; 1914. Figure 5. isolectotypes BM000951323, BR0000005054534, images!, CAL0000023040!, FR0031305, K000246709, P00610421, images!). 203 ISSN 2278-2281 (Online), 0976-3597 (Print) I www.nebio.in Chakrabarty
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