Chamaenerion speciosum (Decaisne) Hoch & K. Gandhi comb. nov.

Basionym.

Epilobium speciosum Decaisne, Voy. Ind. (Jacquemont) 4: 57, t. 69 [Apr 1835 - Dec 1844]. Epilobium latifolium L. subsp. speciosum (Decne.) P. H. Raven, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2(12): 349. 1962. Chamerion speciosum (Decne.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 7: 86. 1972; non Chamaenerion speciosum Lodd. ex Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 343. 1840, pro syn.

Type material.

India. Himachal Pradesh, near Yurpo, 3800m 1830-1831, V. Jacquemont 1739 (holotype: P; isotypes: G, K).