Commentary on the place of valid publication and type designation of Abies densa (Pinaceae)

JIBANKUMAR SINGH KHURAIJAM; JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR; JOHN MCNEILL

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.411.2.4

Issue: Vol. 411 No. 2: 22 July 2019

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2019-07-22

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.411.2.4

Page range: 119–122

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**Commentary on the place of valid publication and type designation of Abies densa (Pinaceae)**

JIBANKUMAR SINGH KHURAIJAM⁺⁻
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR⁺⁻
JOHN MCNEILL⁺⁻

Botanic Garden Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, India.

Department of Biological Sciences, Burdwan Town School, Burdwan – 713101, India.

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland, U.K. & Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

Pinaceae Abies validation lectotypification Eastern Himalayas Gymnosperms

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Abstract

Abies densa (Pinaceae), commonly attributed to Griffith (1854b: 19), is the name applied to a conifer endemic to the eastern Himalayas. The name is widely accepted as having been validly published by Griffith in 1854 (Singh & Srivastava 2013, Khuraijam & Singh 2015, Farjon 2017).