LECTOTYPIFICATION OF COLEBROOKEA OPPOSITIFOLIA SM. (LAMIACEAE)

Authors

  • VIJAI MALIK Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • ARCHASVI TYAGI Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • LALITA SAINI Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • VIVEK KUMAR Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • FAIZA I MOHAMMAD Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • INAM MOHAMMAD Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • RAMA KANT Department of Botany, C. C. S. University, Meerut 250004, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Colebrookea, Lectotype, Nepal

Abstract

Smith (1806: 111, t. 115) published Colebrookea (Lamiaceae) as a monospecific genus with C. oppositifolia Sm. as its single species. Interestingly Smith, perhaps following Linnaeus, treated this genus a “Gymnospermia”! The genus name honours “Henry Thomas Collebrooke Esq., Chief Judge of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Courts for the natives of Bengal”. Although C. ternifolia Roxb. was published in 1815, the preceding name has been treated as a synonym of C. oppositifolia, and the genus Colebrookea continues to be a monospecific genus chiefly occurring in the Yunnan area of China, Bhutan

Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

MALIK, V., TYAGI, A., SAINI, L., KUMAR, V., MOHAMMAD, F. I., MOHAMMAD, I., & KANT, R. (2021). LECTOTYPIFICATION OF COLEBROOKEA OPPOSITIFOLIA SM. (LAMIACEAE). The Journal of the Indian Botanical Society, 101(04), 380–382. Retrieved from https://jibs.mripub.com/index.php/JIBS/article/view/73

Issue

Vol. 101 No. 04 (2021): Journal of Indian Botanical Society

Section

Articles