Eugenia roxburghii Candolle (1828: 271)

Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from India, Phytotaxa 638 (3), pp. 268-276 : 272

Eugenia roxburghii Candolle (1828: 271) .

≡ Eugenia zeylanica Roxburgh (1832: 490) , nom. superfl., non Willdenow (1799: 963). ≡ Eugenia bracteata var. roxburghii (DC.) Duthie (1879: 502) .

Type citation in protologue:—“in Silhet Indiae orient. Eugen. Zeylanica Roxb ! cat. 92. Non Willd.”.

Lectotype (designated here):— BANGLADESH. Silhet (Sylhet), s.d., W. Roxburgh s.n. (G00658433 [digital image!]; isolectotypes BR0000013090425 [digital image!], BR0000013090432 [digital image!], BR0000013090449 [digital image!], G00658431 [digital image!], G00658432 [digital image!], K000821515 [digital image!], K001119842 [digital image!]).

= Eugenia fasciculata Wallich ex Blume (1850: 87) . ≡ Eugenia bracteata var. fasciculata (Wallich ex Blume) Duthie (1879: 502) .

Type citation in protologue:—“Herb. WALL. nº. 3622”.

Lectotype (designated by Prasanth et al. 2021):— INDIA. Meghalaya: Mount. Pundua (Padua), 1824, (Wallich cat. n. 3622) F. De Silva s.n. (K001119849 [digital image!]; isolectotypes K000821513 [digital image!], K001000052 [digital image!], L0822648 [digital image!], L0822649 [digital image!], M0137672 [digital image!], M0137673 [digital image!], NY00405055 [digital image!], U1442025 [digital image!]).

= Myrtus bracteata Willdenow (1799: 969) . ≡ Eugenia bracteata (Willd.) Raeuschel ex Candolle (1828: 264) , nom. illeg., non Richard (1792: 110).

Holotype:— INDIA. Without locality, 1796, (Herb. Willdenow) J.G. Klein s.n. (B-W09553-010 [digital image!]).

= Myrtus ruscifolia Willdenow (1799: 970) .

Type citation in protologue:—“ Habitat in India orientali ”.

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Coromandel: Without locality, s.d., (Herb. Willdenow) W. Roxburgh s.n. (B-W09557-030 [digital image!]; isolectotype BM000944117 [digital image!]).

Remaining syntypes:— INDIA. Without locality, 11 September 1799, J.G. Klein 566 ( BR0000005228355 [digital image!], B-W09557- 010[digital image!], HAL0089712[digital image!], K001119846[digital image!]) ; Tenpadtnam , 3 October 1799, J.G. Klein s.n. ( BW09557-020 [digital image!]) .

Notes:—The three specimens at G were considered here when choosing a lectotype for the name Eugenia roxburghii DC. , because these specimens belongs to herbarium Candolle and were examined by him while describing E. roxburghii . Of these three specimens, the best one and betterpreserved specimen G00658433, is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue.

The two specimens at B-W were considered here for choosing a lectotype for the name Myrtus ruscifolia Willd. , because these specimens were examined by Willdenow while describing M. ruscifolia . The specimen B-W09557-030 is well preserved, has mature leaves, well developed flowers and therefore selected here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue.