Pimpinella adscendens Dalzell

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

Pimpinella adscendens Dalzell in Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 261. 1850. Lectotype (designated

Received: 28.05.2023; Revised & Accepted: 09.03.2024 Published Online: 31.03.2024

at K ( K000685481 , K000685482 digital images!) and CAL ( CAL0000024881 !, CAL0000031637 !) collected by Dalzell agree with the protologue based on the label details and morphology of the specimens. K000685481 has an annotation “ Bombay Dalzell ” and Herb. Hookerianum stamp, and Dalzell’s own annotated label as “ Pimpinella adscendens ”. One of the two sheets at CAL ( CAL0000031637 ) bears an incomplete specimen that is fragmented into pieces without a single leaf while the second sheet CAL0000024881 lacks fruiting and flowering branches along with leaves. K000685482 was the collection gifted to Kew, by Mrs. Dalzell (1878) after the demise of N. A. Dalzell. It bears four plants and has a pasted label “ Pimpinella adscendens ” by Dalzell in pencil and an annotation by C. B. Clarke as the same. An additional determinant slip is attached to the sheet by M. G. Pimenov in 2015 (pers. comm., Laura Pearce , the curator-Botanist, Science Collections, Kew). All these sheets can be considered as part of the original material. Among these, K000685482 perfectly matches with the protologue is designated here as the lectotype .