Antidesma roxburghii Wall. ex Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér.

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Antidesma roxburghii Wall. ex Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 15: 234 (1851). – Type:

Sylhet, vii 1820, F. De Silva 34 [ EIC 7283 ] (lectotype K-W [ K001127096 ], designated by Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan, Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae 61 [2018]) .

Stilago tomentosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 757 (1832). – Antidesma tomentosum (Roxb.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 294 (1845), nom. illegit., non A. tomentosum Blume (1823) . – Type: [unpublished illustration] Icones Roxburghianae 2402 (lectotype K, designated here).

Although Stilago tomentosa is the oldest name available for this species, the combination in Antidesma based on it is illegitimate. Therefore, Tulasne’s validation of Wallich’s Antidesma roxburghii is the correct name.

Aporosa octandra (Buch.-Ham ex D.Don) A. R.Vickery, Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 3: 193 (1982). – Myrica octandra Buch. -Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 56 (1825). – Type: Nepal, Ettaura, 2 iv 1802, F. Buchanan-Hamilton s.n. (holotype BM [000521992( BM)]) .

Alnus dioeca Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 580 (1832). – Lepidostachys roxburghii Wall. ex Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. , ed. 2, 441 (1836), nom. illegit., superfl. – Aporosa roxburghii Baill., Étude Euphorb. 645 (1858), nom. illegit., superfl. – Type: [unpublished illustration] Icones Roxburghianae 2378 (lectotype CAL, designated by Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17: 166 [1993]).

Lepidostachys roxburghii Wall. ex Lindl. and Aporosa roxburghii Baill. represent superfluous renamings of Alnus dioeca Roxb.

Argyreia roxburghii (Sweet) Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 419 (1834). – Ipomoea multiflora Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 89 (1824), nom. illegit., non I. multiflora (Mill.) Roem & Schult. (1819) . – Ipomoea roxburghii Sweet, Hort. Brit. 289 (1826). – Argyreia multiflora Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 352 (1845), nom. illegit., superfl. – Rivea multiflora Hallier f., Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 60 (1899), nom. illegit., superfl. – Type: [unpublished illustration] Icones Roxburghianae 572 (lectotype K, designated by Staples, Taxon 66: 465 [2017]).

Sweet provided Ipomoea roxburghii as a replacement name for Roxburgh’s later homonym Ipomoea multiflora .

Arisaema roxburghii Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 18 (1841). – Arum cuspidatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 506 (1832), nom. illegit., non A. cuspidatum Blume (1823) . – Type: [unpublished illustration] Icones Roxburghianae 1657 (lectotype K, designated here). Figure 2 .

Kunth proposed Arisaema roxburghii as an avowed substitute for the illegitimate Arum cuspidatum Roxb. In the absence of any Roxburgh specimen, Roxburgh’s drawing is here selected as lectotype.

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Figure 2. The lectotype of Arum cuspidatum Roxb., replaced synonym of Arisaema roxburghii Kunth. Icones Roxburghianae 1657 in the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced with the permission of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.