Embelia adnata Beddome ex Clarke (1882: 514)

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 : 230

1. Embelia adnata Beddome ex Clarke (1882: 514)

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Bolampatti Hills, 5000ft, Jan , Beddome s. n. ( K barcode K000756499 [digital image!]). Fig.1

Clarke (1882) described E. adnata based on manuscript publication of Beddome (1872) from ‘Forester Manual of Botany’ in J.D. Hooker’s Flora. Clarke has cited the specimen of E. adnata which was collected by Beddome from 5000 ft. at Bolampatti hills in flowering condition. A major part of Beddome’s collection is available in BM, some types at K and further materials at CAL ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976). All the three herbaria were consulted (virtually and by contacting the curators). Providentially, we traced two specimens mounted on same sheet with separate barcode (K000756499 & K000756500) both collected by Beddome from two different localities. The specimen mounted on top of the sheet (K000756499) with a flowering twig, was collected in January from 5000 ft of Bolampatti hills, Tamil Nadu whereas the specimen at bottom (K000756500) depicts vegetative twig collected from Palghat hills, Kerala. As the type locality and the specimen K000756499 (K) matches with the protologue, we designate the specimen as lectotype for the name E. adnata .

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FIGURE. 1. Lectotype of Embelia adnata Bedd. ex Clarke (K, K000756499) © copyright of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.