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Volume 62, Issue 2, December 2020

Articles

Typification of Eight Accepted Names and Two Synonyms in Indian Euphorbiaceae

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v62/2020/154307

Published 2020-12-31

  • Tapas Chakrabarty
    • ,
  • Gopal Krishna

Tapas Chakrabarty
4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal

Gopal Krishna
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal

Abstract

Lectotypes are designated here for the names Euphorbia cashmeriana, E. jacquemontii (including its synonym E. jacquemontii var. lasiocarpa), E. notoptera, Macaranga gamblei, M. indica and Mallotus nepalensis for correct application of these names. Neotypes are designated for the names Croton joufra and Macaranga andamanica along with lectotypification of its synonym M. brandisii.

Keywords

Croton, Euphorbia, Macaranga, Mallotus, Lectotypification, Neotypification.

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Author Biography

Tapas Chakrabarty

Ex Scientist, ISIM, BSI, Kolkata

Gopal Krishna

Botanical Assistant, Central National Herbarium

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