Smithia bigemina Dalzell (1851: 208)

Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2016, Lectotypifications of some Smithia (Fabaceae) occurring in India, Phytotaxa 255 (1), pp. 1-20 : 1

1. Smithia bigemina Dalzell (1851: 208) .

Type citation: — “Crescit in jugo Syhadrensi, prope Parwar-ghât”.

Lectotype (designated here): — INDIA. Maharshtra , Bombay (Mumbai), s.d., Dalzell s.n. ( CAL0000012752 !); isolectotype ( MH! Accession no. 14583).

Distribution: — Pakistan and India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh).

Notes: — Smithia bigemina was formally described by Dalzell (1851) based on plants collected from Parwar Ghat, Sahyadri hills, but no type was indicated. In the protologue, he mentioned only the locality “Crescit in jugo Syhadrensi, prope Parwar-ghât”, but did not provide the date of collection, number of collection and name of herbarium where specimens housed. The types of Dalzell’s new taxa are known to be at K, with duplicates at CAL, DD, W and drawings at BM. No original materials (specimens or drawing) are found at BM, K, DD and W. At present only two herbarium sheets of S. bigemina collected by Dalzell are extant, one each at CAL (CAL0000012752) and MH (Accession no.14583) and these should be considered as original material. The best one and better preserved specimen, CAL0000012752, is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue.