Capillipedium huegelii ( Hackel 1889: 492 ) A. Camus (1921: 306)

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2. Capillipedium huegelii ( Hackel 1889: 492) A. Camus (1921: 306) . ( Fig. 2 )

Basionym:— Andropogon huegelii Hackel (1889: 492) .

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Rajasthan: Sirohi district, Mount Abu, J. F. Duthie 6764 [ W19160028261 (digital image!)].

Distribution:— INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand (endemic to the country; Singh et al. 2015).

Notes:— Hackel (1889) described Andropogon huegelii based on two gatherings from India [Asia (Hügel n. 2243 in h. Vind., verisimiliter, ut ex num. cit. patet, in India ad pades Himalayae lectus); Radschputana in m. Abu (Duthie in h. m.)], but no specific herbarium sheet was designated as the holotype. According to Stafleu & Cowan (1976), Hackel’s type specimens are mainly housed at W, which was the herbarium where he deposited his collections, with duplicates sent to several herbaria. Attempts were made to locate the type specimens at W, as well as other herbaria (BM, GB & K). The two sheets of A. huegelii housed at W [J.F. Duthie 6764 (W19160028261!); C.A.A. Hügel 2243 (W0027493!)] correspond to the original material cited by Hackel (1889). These two specimens are syntypes, because a single specimen was not designated by Hackel (1889) as the type. We chose the sheet W19160028261 as the lectotype because it the best and having complete specimen with original annotation by Hackel. It is agrees well with the protologue.

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FIGURE 2. Lectotype of Andropogon huegelii Hack. (barcode W19160028261). [© Naturhistorisches Museum Wien,Vienna, Austria. Reproduced with the consent of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria]