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Issue: Vol. 295 No. 3: 10 February 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.12
Page range: 297–300
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Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) is not conspecific with T. arjuna

4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, India.
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, India.
India lectotypification Pentaptera Eudicots

Abstract

Examination of the type materials of Terminalia elliptica and T. arjuna (sect. Pentaptera) reveals that they are different and distinct species. Neotypes are designated for T. alata and T. crenulata while lectotype is designated for T. tomentosa, which are synonyms of T. elliptica.

How to Cite

Chakrabarty, T. & Kumar, V.S. (2017)

Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) is not conspecific with T. arjuna

. Phytotaxa 295 (3): 297–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.12