Nomenclatural Notes on Some Indian Species of<i>Memecylon</i>

Das, Moumita Das; Pramanik, A.; Maity, Debabrata

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“…Memecylon, a paleotropical genus belongs to the family Melastomataceae, consists of about 345 species worldwide (www.melastomataceae.net/MELnames/). In India, 53 species and 7 varieties have been recorded [1], of which 34 species and 2 varieties are occurring in the Western Ghats including 22 endemic taxa [2].…”

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Reinstatement and Lectotypification of Memecylon deccanense (Melastomataceae): An Endemic Species of the Western Ghats, India

Sandeep

Vikraman²,

Shailajakumari³

et al. 2020

J.Trop.Life.Science

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As part of the ex-situ conservation of the wild ornamental plants at JNTBGRI, several species of Memecylon were collected and introduced from the Western Ghats. While working on the taxonomy of the collected plants, it was found that a well-defined species Memecylon deccanense C.B.Clarke has been reduced recently to the synonym of M.heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn. A detailed study by relevant literature, live and herbarium specimens, and type specimens housed at different herbaria, it is reinstated as a distinct species and a lectotype is designated here. Relevant photographs and images of type specimens of M.deccanense and M.heyneanum also provided to facilitate its easy identification. Memecylon deccanense hence treated here as a distinct species from M. heyneanum.

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