Ixora brunnescens Kurz

Harishma, K. H. & Nampy, Santhosh, 2025, Lectotypifications in Ixora L. (Rubiaceae), Adansonia (3) 47 (12), pp. 251-257 : 252

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2025v47a12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16310952
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scientific name	Ixora brunnescens Kurz
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Ixora brunnescens Kurz View in CoL

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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 41 (4): 317 ( Kurz 1872).

TYPE MATERIAL. —– India • South Andamans ; s.d.; S.Kurz s.n.; Lectotype (designated here): K [ K000031389 digital image!]; isolectotype: K [ K000031388 digital image!].

LECTOTYPIFICATION REMARKS

Ixora brunnescens Kurz View in CoL was originally described by Kurz (1872) who cited specimen from Andamans. Husain & Paul (1989) indicated a specimen at CAL from Katchall Island in Nicobar Islands collected by Kurz in February 1875 as the type. This specimen, collected three years after the publication of the species, cannot be considered as a type.

While searching for the relevant specimens, we could locate five sheets at CAL, three from Narcondam, Andaman with vegetative parts only [CAL0000069766!, CAL0000069767!, CAL0000069768!], and two at K from south Andaman [K000031388, K000031389]. The specimen housed at K [K000031389] with fruits is selected here as the lectotype, while the rest as isolectotypes.