Abstract
Nomenclature history related to the name Phacelurus speciosus has been discussed here. In absence of any original material a neotype is designated for the name P. speciosus. Additionally, the newly described species Rottboellia husainii is treated as a synonym of Phacelurus speciosus.
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<p>Clarke, C.B. (1889) Plants of Kohima and Muneypore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany </em>25 (165–169): 86. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1889.tb00793.x</p>
<p>Clayton, W.D. (1978) The Genus Phacelurus (Gramineae). <em>Kew Bulletin</em> 33 (2): 175–179. https://doi.org/10.2307/4109573</p>
<p>Griffith, G. (1836) Description of some Grasses which form part of the Vegetation in the Jheels of the District of Sylhet. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal</em> 5: 572.</p>
<p>Grisebach, A.H.R. (1846) <em>Spicelegium florae rumelicae et bithynicae: exhibens synopsin plantarum quas aest. 1839 legit. </em>Brunsvigae: Prostat Apud Fridericum Vieweg et Filium.</p>
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<p>Hubbard, C.E. (1928) Notes on African Grasses: VI. <em>Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)</em> 1928 (1): 35–41. https://doi.org/10.2307/4107672</p>
<p>Kellogg, E.A. (2015) Poaceae.<em> In: </em>Kubitzki, K. (Ed.) <em>The families and genera of vascular plants</em>, vol. XIII. Springer, Cham, pp.1–416. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45961</p>
<p>Kellogg, E.A., Abbott, J.R., Bawa, K.S., Gandhi, K.N., Kailash, B.R., Ganeshaiah, K.N., Shrestha, U.B. & Raven, P. (2020) Checklist of the grasses of India. <em>PhytoKeys </em>163: 1–560. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393</p>
<p>Linnaeus, C. (1753) <em>Species Plantarum,vol. 2</em>. Imprensis Laurentii Salvii, Homiae, 1049 pp.</p>
<p>Naezén, D.E. (1779) Dissertatio botanica, illustrans Nova Graminum Genera 13: 114.</p>
<p>Presl, C.B. (1830) <em>Reliquiae Haenkeanae, seu, Descriptiones et icones plantarum :quas in America meridionali et boreali, in insulis Philippinis et Marianis collegit Thaddaeus Haenke</em> 1 (4–5): 329. </p>
<p>POWO (2021) Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available from: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ (accessed 27 August 2021)</p>
<p>Steudel, E.G. (1854) <em>Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum</em> 2. Metzler, Stuttgart, 375 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.471</p>
<p>Tripathi, S., Jaiswal, S., Prasad, D., Yadav, R., Saxena, G. & Agnihotri, P. (2021) <em>Rottboellia husainii</em> (Poaceae: Andropogoneae), a new grass species from Western Himalaya, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 507 (1): 98–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.507.1.5</p>