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Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-25
Page range: 42–48
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Notes on the identity of two Indian species of Lindernia sensu stricto (Linderniaceae), and lectotypification of the name L. srilankana

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 226 001, India.
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala – 673 635, India.
Angiosperm Taxonomy Linderniaceae Lindernia Eudicots

Abstract

The taxonomic identity of two Indian species of Lindernia s. str. is revised and updated. Thus, the following names at the species rank are reduced to synonymy of what follows them in parenthesis viz. L. calemeriana (L. srilankana) and L. parviflora (L. dubia). Lectotype of L. srilankana is also designated for the first time.