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Issue: Vol. 758 No. 2: 22 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.758.2.8
Page range: 191-196
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Lectotypification and taxonomic notes on Orthosiphon incurvus (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae)

Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division; CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute; Rana Pratap Marg; Lucknow; India–226001; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR); Sector 19; Kamla Nehru Nagar; Ghaziabad; India–201002
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SHWETA MASTA

1Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001.

2Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, India–201002.

Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division; CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute; Rana Pratap Marg; Lucknow; India–226001; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR); Sector 19; Kamla Nehru Nagar; Ghaziabad; India–201002
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SAPNA SINGH

1Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001.

2Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, India–201002.

Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division; CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute; Rana Pratap Marg; Lucknow; India–226001; Department of Botany; University of Lucknow; India–226 007
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DHIRENDRA PRAJAPATI

1Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001.

3 Department of Botany, University of Lucknow–226 007, India.

Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division; CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute; Rana Pratap Marg; Lucknow; India–226001; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR); Sector 19; Kamla Nehru Nagar; Ghaziabad; India–201002
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PRIYANKA AGNIHOTRI

1Plant Diversity Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India–226001.

2Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, India–201002.

Eudicots Labiatae lectotype nomenclature typification

Abstract

Orthosiphon incurvus (Lamiaceae) is a morphologically variable taxon distributed across the Himalaya & Indo-Myanmar region and its infraspecific boundaries have been interpreted inconsistently throughout the literature. The present study resolved the O. incurvus taxonomic complex and recognized two distinct varieties, i.e. var. incurvus and var. elata. The names of both taxa are lectotypified in order to stabilize their nomenclature, on the basis of specimens preserved at K.

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How to Cite

Masta, S., Singh, S., Prajapati, D. & Agnihotri, P. (2026) Lectotypification and taxonomic notes on Orthosiphon incurvus (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae). Phytotaxa 758 (2): 191–196. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.758.2.8