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Issue: Vol. 218 No. 2: 2 July 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.218.2.12
Page range: 195–196
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Lectotypification of the name Aconitum naviculare (Ranunculaceae)

Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India
Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India
Aconitum naviculare original material typification Eudicots India

Abstract

Aconitum naviculare was first described by Brühl in Brühl & King (1896) as a variety of Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser. i.e. Aconitum ferox var. navicularis. Later on, Stapf (1905) published  the new combination, citing Brühl’s var. navicularis as the basionym. This taxon is distributed in the alpine zones of India, China, Nepal and Bhutan.  During revisionary studies on the tribe Delphineae from India, it was found that no type has been designated for this taxon. Therefore, a lectotype  for A. naviculare is selected here from amongst the original material.