Striga densiflora Bentham (1835: 41) Bentham (1836: 363)

Moolayil, Omalsree & Sreenivas, Vadakkekara, 2018, Lectotypification of the name Striga densiflora (Orobanchaceae), Phytotaxa 379 (2), pp. 231-233 : 231-233

Striga densiflora Bentham (1835: 41) Bentham (1836: 363)

≡ Buchnera densiflora Bentham (1835: 41)

- B. asiatica Linnaeus (1753: 630) pro parte (nom. rej.)

Type (lectotype, here designated): — INDIA, Northern India, 1835, Royle s.n. ( CAL 0000018856 [digital image!], isolectotype: K 000800768 [digital image!]).( Figure 1 .)

Other original material: INDIA, s.l., September 1826, Wight 3873a ( K001117496 , E00273646 [digital images!]; s.l.,1831, Wight 3873 ( K000800766 [digital image!]; INDIA, Madras, 12 October 1810, Griffith, W. and Lindley 3873b ( K001117498 , K00111749899 [digital images!]; Madras, 1834, Griffith, W. and Lindley s.n. ( K000800767 [digital image!]; INDIA, Peninsular India, February 1810, Heyne 3873c ( K001117497 , K001117500 [digital images!];s.l., 1831, Heyne 3873 ( K000800769 [digital image!].

Nomenclatural notes: — Striga densiflora was originally described as Buchnera densiflora ( Bentham 1835) and later transferred to the genus Striga ( Bentham 1835) . The author mentioned heterogenous collections in the protologue along with Wallich’s Catalogue No. 3873 (3873a-Wight, 3873b-Madras (by Griffith and Lindley), 3873c- Heyne from Peninsular region and Royle from Northern part of India). During the study, we have traced several specimens preserved at K, E and CAL. We have examined two specimens by Wight ( K 001117496!, K 000800766!), three by Griffith and Lindley ( K 000800766!, K 001117498!, K 00111749899!), three by Heyne ( K 000800769!, K 001117497!, K 001117500!), one by Royle ( K 000800768!) and one unknown collection without any details ( K 000800770). We have also traced one specimen by Wight at E ( E 00273646!) and one by Royle at CAL ( CAL 0000018856!). All specimens are well preserved and bear flowers and fruits. The specimen kept in CAL, with barcode CAL 0000018856 is well preserved and perfectly fit with the protologue. It is considered more suitable for lectotypification and designated here as the lectotype according to the ICN Art. 9.3 ( Turland et al. 2018).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Digital Image of proposed lectotype housed at CAL (barcode CAL0000018856).