Eugenia floccosa Beddome (1872

Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from India, Phytotaxa 638 (3), pp. 268-276 : 269

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.638.3.6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13366400
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scientific name	Eugenia floccosa Beddome (1872
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Eugenia floccosa Beddome (1872 View in CoL : t. 200).

Type citation in protologue:—“South Tinnevelly ghats (above Calcad) 3000–4000 feet elevation”.

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Tinnevelly Ghats (Tirunelveli Ghats), Calcad hills (Kalakad hills), 1870, R.H. Beddome s.n. ( MH00237874 !; isolectotypes CAL0000015530!, MH00237881 !).

Remaining syntypes:— INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Calcad hills, s.d., R.H. Beddome 2920 ( BM011025651 [digital image!]) ; Calcad hills, s.d., R.H. Beddome 2921 ( BM011025649 [digital image!]) ; Tinnevelly hills, s.d., R.H. Beddome 2919 ( BM011025648 [digital image!]) ; Tinnevelly hills, s.d., R.H. Beddome 2922 ( BM011025650 [digital image!]) ; Tinnevelly Ghats, Calcad hills, s.d., R.H. Beddome 199 (K000821510 [digital image!]) .

Notes:— Eight specimens were traced for the name Eugenia floccosa Bedd. ( BM 011025648,BM011025649, BM011025650,BM011025651, CAL0000015530, K000821510, MH 00237874 and MH 00237881). The specimen MH 00237874 ( Figure 1 View FIGURE 1 ) is selected here as the lectotype because it contains annotation of the year of collection, the name of taxon and locality in Beddome’s hand writing, better preserved than other specimens and also the illustration in the protologue is based on it.