Epilobium laxum Royle.

Luo, Yike & Xie, Lei, 2023, A checklist of Onagraceae in the Pan-Himalaya region, Phytotaxa 597 (4), pp. 245-268 : 257

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.597.4.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7966962

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scientific name

Epilobium laxum Royle.
status

 

3.17. Epilobium laxum Royle. View in CoL

Type:— INDIA. Uttar Pradesh: Mussooree, Royle s.n. ( LIV) ( Chen et al. 1992) .

= Epilobium sadae Léveillé (1907: 588) View in CoL .

Type:— INDIA. Uttar Pradesh: Tehri Garhwal, Rudugaira Gad, 4250–4850 m, 20 July 1883, Duthie 1046 (G, BM000957942 !).

= Epilobium tetragonum Linnaeus (1753: 348) var. amplectens Benth. ex C.B. Clarke (1879: 587) View in CoL .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a)— INDIA. Uttar Pradesh: Kumaun, 1832, Blinkworth in N. Wallich 6330 (K, isolectotypes BM, E, G).

Distribution: —N Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, U Ganga & Indus.

Note: — Epilobium laxum is distinctive by virtue of its large flowers and distributed in western Pan-Himalaya ( Chen et al. 1992). Chen et al. (1992) mentioned that the “ holotype ” of E. laxum should be deposited in LIV, but they did not see this type. In this study, we do not determine the type status of E. laxum . Similarly, although both Raven (1962a) and Chen et al. (1992) noted that the “ holotype ” of E. sadae (Duthie 1046) is deposited in G, we are not sure its type status. According to Art. 9.1, we leave the type status issue open for further perusal.

Chen, C. J., Hoch, P. C. & Raven, P. H. (1992) Systematics of Epilobium (Onagraceae) in China. Systematic Botany, Monographs 34: 1 - 209.

Clarke, C. B. (1879) LXII Onagraceae. In: Hooker, J. D. & Clarke, C. B. (Eds.) The Flora of British India, vol. 2. L. Reeve, London, pp. 582 - 590.

Leveille, H. (1907) Revision du Genre Epilobium. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2 (7): 587 - 590.

Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 1200 pp.

Raven, P. H. (1962 a) The genus Epilobium in the Himalayan region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 2: 327 - 382.

LIV

World Museum Liverpool

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Epilobium