Imbralyx albiflorus (Prain) R. Geesink (1984: 95)

Song, Zhu-Qiu, 2021, New combinations and re-lectotypification in the genus Imbralyx (Fabaceae: Millettieae), Phytotaxa 525 (3), pp. 223-231 : 224

1. Imbralyx albiflorus (Prain) R. Geesink (1984: 95)

≡ Millettia albiflora Prain in King (1897: 92) ≡ Fordia albiflora (Prain) Dasuki & Schot (1991: 195) . Type:— MALAYSIA. Perak, Larut, 300–500 feet, May 1884, King’s Collcetor (Kunstler) 6077 (lectotype: CAL0000011551 image!, designated here, Fig. 2 ; isolectotypes: BM000997276!, L0064539 image!, L0018983 image!, P02942275 image!, P02942276 image!).

Notes: In the protologue of Millettia albiflora Prain in King (1897), 15 collections from Perak and Pahang, Malaysia were cited by the author, including Scortechini 1948, Kunstler 729, 1288, 4467, 5357, 5833, 5993, 6077, 6709, 6842, Wray 1864, 1943, and Ridely 2641, 7981, 8004. When designating the lectotype of this name, Dasuki & Schot (1991) cited “ Lectotype (newly indicated): King’s coll. 6077 (iso L)” indicating King’s Collcetor 6077 (L) as the isolectotype, but no herbarium was specified for the lectotype. Therefore, according to Article 9.22 of ICN ( Turland et al. 2018), this lectotypification was not validly made by Dasuki & Schot (1991). Six sheets of the collection King’s Collcetor (Kunstler) 6077 were traced at four different herbaria, one of which (CAL0000011551, Fig. 2 ) bears a drawing of a dissected flower and a “ typum ” label from S. T. Dunn. Thus, this specimen should be better re-designated as the lectotype of Millettia albiflora Prain.Additionally, Dasuki & Schot (1991) provided a flowering drawing of this species based on King’s Collcetor 5357, but it is surprised to find this is a fruting collection without flowers (CAL0000008080, P02942311, and U0003540).

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FIGURE 2. Lectotype of Imbralyx albiflorus (Prain) R. Geesink.A.The whole (CAL0000011551, https://archive.bsi.gov.in/phanerogams- Details/en?link=CAL0000011551&column=szBarcode); B. Part of inflorescence, showing imbricate calyx lobes in buds. © The Director, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. Reproduced with permission.