Embelia robusta Roxburgh (1824: 287)

Prasanth, Arun & Sardesai, Milind M., 2021, Nomenclatural notes on type materials of eight names in Embelia (Primulaceae) from Peninsular India, Phytotaxa 491 (3), pp. 230-238 : 232-237

6. Embelia robusta Roxburgh (1824: 287)

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA, Jharkhand, Rajmahal hills, 1821, Wallich Cat. No. 2308 ( BM barcode BM000997142 [digital image!]) https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80def686-c844-4bd5-b5cd-daf51d26d900 Fig. 3

Roxburgh collected a specimen of Embelia with seeds from Rajmahal hills, which is bloomed after six years (in then Royal Botanical Garden, Howrah). Based on his collections from Rajmahal hills he proposed a name E. robusta (nom. nud.) in Hortus Bengalensis. Later, the name is validly published in Flora Indica by Roxburgh (1824). Our search in BM is resulted in a sheet with catalogue number BM000997142 bearing three twigs, one on top just with leaves and two twigs on bottom with fruits annotated as ‘Type specimen’ and “ Embelia robusta Roxburgh 1813 ”. Hence, the specimen perfectly matches with the protologue, the specimen BM000997142 is designated here as lectotype.

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FIGURE.3. Lectotype of Embelia robusta Roxb. (BM, BM000997142) © copyright of the Natural History Museum, London.