Lectotypification of seven names of Kobresia (Cyperaceae) and nomenclatural notes on Kobresia utriculata

Bikash Jana; Ramesh Chandra Srivastava

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.212.3.5

Issue: Vol. 212 No. 3: 8 June 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-08

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.212.3.5

Page range: 229–235

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Lectotypification of seven names of Kobresia (Cyperaceae) and nomenclatural notes on Kobresia utriculata

Bikash Jana⁺⁻
Ramesh Chandra Srivastava⁺⁻

Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah-711103

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Bikash Jana

Senior Research Fellow

Botanical Survey of India, Head Quarter, C.G.O.Complex, 3rdMSO Building, Salt Lake City-Kolkata 700064

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Ramesh Chandra Srivastava

Scientist

Cyperaceae Kobresia Lectotype revision India Monocots

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Abstract

Seven names of Kobresia Willd. (Cyperaceae), namely Kobresia cercostachys (Franch.) C.B.Clarke, Kobresia curvirostris (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke, Kobresia filicina (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke, Kobresia gammiei C.B.Clarke, Kobresia prainii Kük., Kobresia tibetica Maxim. and Kobresia vidua (Boott ex C.B.Clarke) Kük. are lectotypified as a part of the current revision of this genus for India. The nomenclature of K. utriculata C.B.Clarke is discussed.