Pimpinella heyneana ( DC.) Benth.

Keywords, Arn., 2024, Typification of five names in Pimpinella (Apiaceae), Rheedea 34 (1), pp. 69-73 : 71

Pimpinella heyneana ( DC.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 1(3): 894. 1867. Helosciadium heyneanum DC., Prodr. 4: 106. 1830. Lectotype (designated here): SRI LANKA [Zeylon], s.loc., 08.12.1797, B. Heyne s.n. (K [ K000685520 digital image!]). Residual syntypes: SRI LANKA [Zeylon], Komari , 27.02.1796, B. Heyne s.n. (K [ K000685519 , K001111298 digital images!]); S.loc., s.d., B. Heyne s.n. (K [ K001111297 , K001111296 digital images!]). Fig. 3

Notes: Pimpinella heyneana was first published by Wallich (1829) in his catalogue, based on B. Heyne’s collection. The name was invalid (Art. 6.4 of ICN, Turland et al., 2018), which was later validated by Candolle (1830) as Helosciadium heyneanum DC. Candolle referred B. Heyne’s collections cited by Wallich. Subsequently, Bentham (1867) transferred it to Pimpinella as P. heyneana (DC.) Benth. The herbarium and types of B. Heyne are deposited at B, BR, CGE, G, GH, H, K, and LE (Staflleu & Cowan, 1988), and we could locate multiple specimens associated with Pimpinella heyneana .

A collection at G ( G00661992 digital image!) appears to be collected by B. Heyne, but do not have information about the collector or locations. So, it may or may not be part of the original material. Five collections by B. Heyne ( K001111296–98 , K000685519–20 digital images!) could be traced at K. K000685519 and K001111298 are from Komari, Sri Lanka (as Zeylon). K001111296 bears a field note in the left corner with a small description by Heyne. K001111297 has a label by Wallich and should be noted that an additional label “ Heyne 566 ” is attached in the right corner. K000685520 has a label “ Helosciadium heyneanum ” written by Candolle in pencil (handwriting is confirmed from Burdet, 1973) which is collected from Sri Lanka (as Zeylon) and matches perfectly with the protologue, is designated here as the lectotype .

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Fig. 3 Lectotype of Pimpinella heyneana (DC.) Gandhi (K[K000685520]). © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (reproduced with permission).