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ECHUES ANTIDYSENTERICA (L.) ROXB. EX FLEMING AND HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA (L.) WALL., VALIDLY PUBLISHED SYNONYMS OF WALLIDA ANTIDYSENTERICA
Author(s) -
Panigrahi G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221451
Subject(s) - apocynaceae , sensu , traditional medicine , botany , biology , medicine , genus
Summary Nerium antidysentericum L. (1753), through partial lectotypification, by R. Brown (1810a), with Herb. Hermann, vol. 4: 76 (BM), has been treated, of late, as the basionym of Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R. Br. [= Walidda antidysenterica (L.) M. Pichon], a species endemic to Sri Lanka. Although Wallich (Num. List No. 1672. 1829) explicitly excluded Hermann (Ceylonese) material from Holarrhena antidysenterica (L.) Wall. [‘ Echites ( antidysenterica ) (L.) Roxb. haud Wrightia antidysenterica R. Br.‘], the current consensus is to accept R. Brown's earlier lectotypification, as it is not in conflict with Art. 8.1. Consequently, Echites antidysenterica (L.) Roxb. ex Fleming (1810), non sensu Fleming, E. antidysenterica (L.) Roxb. (1814), non sensu Roxb., as also Holarrhena antidysenterica (L.) Wall. (1829), non sensu Wall., are reduced here as nomenclatural synonyms (≡) of Walidda antidysenterica (L.) M. Pichon (Art. 7.10; Art. 55.2). Since E. antidysenterica Roth (1819) is nom. illeg. (Art. 64.1), the next available name for the widespread Indian taxon is Echites pubescens Buch.‐Ham. (1822) [= Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.‐Ham.) Wall. ex G. Don (1838)].