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Issue: Vol. 316 No. 1: 1 August 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-08-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.316.1.12
Page range: 99–100
Abstract views: 25
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Lectotypification of the name Pittosporum eriocarpum (Pittosporaceae)

Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun—248195, Uttarakhand, India
Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun—248195, Uttarakhand, India
Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 192 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun—248195, Uttarakhand, India
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, SRT Campus, Badshahithaul, New Tehri—249199, Uttarakhand, India.
Lectotype Pittosporum eriocarpum endangered endemic North West India Magnoliids

Abstract

The genus Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertner (1788: 286) is represented by c. 200 species occurring in different tropical parts of the world (Mabberley 2008). In India, the genus is represented by 10 species (Nayar & Giri 1993, Singh & Diwakar 2009), of which five species are endemic to India (Singh & Diwakar 2009, Singh et al. 2015): P. anamallayense Nayar & Giri (1980: 4), P. dasycaulon Miquel (1852: 5), P. eriocarpum Royle (1834: 77), P. humile Hooker & Thomson (1872: 198) and P. neelgherrense Wight & Arnott (1834: 154).