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

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scientific name	Eugenia roxburghii Candolle (1828: 271)
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Eugenia roxburghii Candolle (1828: 271) View in CoL .

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

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) View in CoL . ≡ Eugenia bracteata var. fasciculata (Wallich ex Blume) Duthie (1879: 502) View in CoL .

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) View in CoL . ≡ Eugenia bracteata (Willd.) Raeuschel ex Candolle (1828: 264) View in CoL , 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) View in CoL .

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.

References

Blume, C. L. (1850) Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium exoticarum, novarumvel minus cognitarum ex vivis aut siccis brevis expositio et description, vol. 1. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 396 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 274

Candolle, A. P. de (1828) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, vol. 3. Treuttel & Wurtz, Parisiis (Paris), 494 pp.

Duthie, J. F. (1879) Myrtaceae. In: Hooker, J. D. (Ed.) The Flora of British India, vol. 2. L. Reeve & Co., London, pp. 462 - 506.

Prasanth, A. R., Jothi, J. G. & Vijayakumar, A. (2021) Typification of two names in Myrtaceae from Indian subcontinent. Phytotaxa 505: 297 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 505.3.5

Richard, L. C. M. (1792) Catalogus plantarum, ad societatem, ineunte anno 1792, ecayenne missarum, a domino le blond. Actes de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 105 - 114.

Roxburgh, W. (1832) Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian plants, vol. 2. W. Thacker & Co. Calcutta, Serampore, 691 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 590

Willdenow, C. L. (1799) Caroli a Linne Species plantarum exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus secundum systema sexuale digestas, vol. 2 (2). Impensis G. C. Nauk, Berlin, 405 pp.