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Issue: Vol. 589 No. 2: 23 March 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.7
Page range: 198-202
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 5

Rediscovery and lectotypification of Scurrula stocksii (Loranthaceae): a rare and endemic species of Maharashtra, India

Department of Botany Arts, Science and Commerce College, Mokhada- 401 604, District- Palghar, Maharashtra, India. Department of Botany, Abasaheb Marathe Arts and New Commerce, Science College, Rajapur- 416702, District- Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Botany, HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nashik- 422 005, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Botany, Arts, Commerce and Science College, Tryambakeshwar- 422 212, District- Nashik, Maharashtra, India.
Loranthus Scurrula South Konkan Taxonomy Typification Eudicots

Abstract

Scurrula stocksii (Hook.f.) Danser (Loranthaceae) is a rare parasitic plant species and restricted to the Maharashtra state of India. S. stocksii was described based on specimens collected by J.E. Stocks from Konkan region of Maharashtra. Cooke (1908) reported the species from Savantwadi area of Sindhudurg district of Konkan region of Maharashtra based on collection of Kanitkar. Mishra & Singh (2001) stated that in spite of intensive searching the species could not be traced in Sindhudurg district and might have been vanished from this district. While surveying Rajapur area of Ratnagiri District (Maharashtra), S. stocksii collected, therefore this collection represents the rediscovery after 127 years. Lectotype for Loranthus stocksii Hook.f. is designated here by ICN (Shenzhen code, 2018).

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