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Issue: Vol. 638 No. 3: 5 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.638.3.6
Page range: 268-276
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Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from India

Botanical Survey of India, Industrial Section Indian Museum, 1 Sudder Street, Kolkata - 700016, West Bengal, India
Endemic lectotype protologue replacement name syntype Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

The paper deals with the designation of lectotypes for eight names within the genus Eugenia and provides an explanation of the validity of the lectotypification for the name E. discifera. Additionally, it recognizes E. macrosepala as a distinct species by providing the morphological differences from E. roxburghii.

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