Pimpinella candolleana Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.

Keywords, Arn., 2024, Typification of five names in Pimpinella (Apiaceae), Rheedea 34 (1), pp. 69-73 : 70

Pimpinella candolleana Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 369. 1834. Lectotype (designated here): INDIA, s.loc., s.d., Wight 1194 (E [ E00174681 digital image!]; isolecto NY [ NY00406195 digital image!], P [ P00834778 digital image!]). Fig. 2

Notes: Wight and Arnott (1834) described Pimpinella candolleana by citing “ Wight! Cat. No. 1194 ”, based on their collection from the mountains of the southern part of Peninsular India. Mukherjee and Constance (1993) cited a Wight specimen with a different catalogue number 1202 as the type. According to Art. 9.4, ICN, the above specimen does not belong to the original material. Noltie (2005) cited “Type details: WC 1194 Mountains in the south of the Peninsula”and mentioned the specimen at E with HWP label and number WC 1194 as the syntype.

In an updated checklist of Chinese Umbelliferae, Pimenov (2017) cited “ Peninsular India. Mountains

in the south of the Peninsula, 09.1836, Wight 1173, 1194, 1202 ” ( Lectotype K! designated here; isolectotypes

E! – barcode E00174681 , NY– barcode NY00406195 , P–barcode P00834778 )”. Pimenov cited multiple specimens and designated a lectotype deposited at K without mentioning a specific catalogue number as type. However, in K, we found one sheet of Wight 1173, and also, we couldn’t trace the specimen with catalogue number 1202, and both are not part of the original material. Hence, the selected specimen was not appropriate and doesn’t match the protologue, making it ineligible for consideration as a valid typification. Wight’s collections are available at P, and some types are at NY, and E ( Stafleu & Cowan, 1988). We traced three sheets ( E00174681 , NY00406195 , and P00834778 digital images!). All sheets bear the original Wight herbarium label (Herb. Wight Propr.) with catalogue number “1194”. The sheet P00834778 bears two fruiting and flowering branches, and a fragment of the stem with two leaves, and NY00406195 bears a flowering plant with fragmented leaves. The specimen at E ( E00174681 ) is designated here as the lectotype which bears distinct basal leaves, and fruiting and flowering branches that match perfectly with the protologue. (Art. 9.3, Turland et al., 2018) .

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Fig. 2. Lectotype of Pimpinella candolleana Wight & Arn. (E [E00174681]). © Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh (reproduced with permission).