Anaphalis elliptica (DC.) DC.

Murugan, Perumal, Murugan, Chidambaram & Karthigeyan, Kaliyamurthy, 2021, Typification of twelve names in the genus Anaphalis DC. (Asteraceae), Adansonia (3) 43 (17), pp. 197-204 : 198

Anaphalis elliptica (DC.) DC.

In the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 274 ( De Candolle 1838). — Basionym: Gnaphalium ellipticum DC. in Wight, Contributions to the Botany of India: 21 ( De Candolle 1834) ( Fig. 1C ).

TYPE CITATION. — “Neelgherry by Wight cat. n. 1472 ”.

LECTOTYPE (HERE DESIGNATED). — India. Tamil Nadu, Neelgherry , s.d., Wight cat. n. 1472 (lecto-, K [ K000898995 image]! ; isolecto-, K [ K000898996 image]!).

DISTRIBUTION. — India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), endemic.

REMARKS

Gnaphalium ellipticum was originally described byDe Candolle (1834) from Neelgherry, “ Wight Cat. n. 1472 ” was cited in the protologue. De Candolle (1838) transferred Gnaphalium ellipticum to the genus Anaphalis DC. and named it as Anaphalis elliptica (DC.) DC. We have traced two herbarium sheets from K (K000898995, K000898996). Of these, the better specimen K000898995 is designated here as the lectotype of the name G. ellipticum .

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Lectotype of Anaphalis beddomeiHook.f.(K000898987); B, lectotype of Anaphalis bourneiFyson (K000899046); C, lectotype of Gnaphalium ellipticum DC. (K000898995); D, lectotype of Anaphalis oblonga DC. var. lawii Hook.f. (K000898998). © The board of trustees of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.