Garcinia

R., Arun Prasanth, Wilson, Karun & Sundaresan, Velusamy, 2019, Typification of three names in Garcinia (Clusiaceae), Rheedea 29 (4), pp. 328-330 : 328-329

Garcinia gummi- gutta (L.) N.Robson var. conicarpa (Wight) N.P.Singh in B.D.Sharma &

Received: 25.08.2019; Revised & Accepted: 10.12.2019 Published Online: 31.12.2019

Garcinia treated this taxon as a variety of G. conicarpa under G. gummi-gutta . According to Stafleu and Cowan (1988) herbarium and types of Wight’s names are at K, E and further materials at A, ADB, B. Authors could trace three specimens of Wight from Shevagherry hills collected on August 1836 with the no. 141 (K000677578, K000677579), 249 (K000677580) and the same was cited as syntype by Noltie (2005) in his book ‘ The Botany of Robert Wight ’. But the specimens from Ceylon (Male) cited in protologue could not be traced. Another specimen of G. conicarpa collected on January 1845 from Shevagherry hills with the no. 142 could be traced at K (K00677577) and the duplicate at CAL (CAL0000024972). Maheshwari (1964) cited a CAL specimen (probably CAL0000024972) as the type. Since this specimen is not a part of original material, the specimen ‘ Wight 141’ from Shevagherry hill at K (K000677578) is designated here as the lectotype of G. conicarpa .