3.25. Epilobium royleanum Hausskn.

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— INDIA. “ North-West India ”, s.d., Royle s.n. (K) .

= Epilobium lividum Haussknecht (1884: 201) .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— INDIA. Uttar Pradesh: Kumaun, seed from near Deoband, 2400 m, Duthie, grown at Kew and collected 30 June 1880, Nicholson s.n. (JE).

= Epilobium himalayense Haussknecht (1884: 213) .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— INDIA. Himachal Pradesh: ascent to Werang Pap, Kanawar, 19 August 1847, Thomson s.n. (K000979307!).

= Epilobium roseum Schreb. var. dalhousieanum C.B. Clarke (1879: 584) .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— INDIA. Himachal Pradesh: Dalhousie, 2100 m, 11 September 1874, Clarke 22190 (K000913770!).

= Epilobium roseum Schreb. var. indicum C.B. Clarke (1879: 584) .

Type:— INDIA. Baltistan and Kashmir to Kumaon, 1524–3352 m (not located).

= Epilobium royleanum Hausskn. f. glabrum Raven (1962a: 360) .

Type:— INDIA. Jammu and Kashmir: Pahlgam, approximately 34°02’ N, 75°20’ E, 2450 m, 31 July 1945, Stewart 21523 (holotype K000979316!).

= Epilobium royleanum Hausskn. f. glandulosum Raven (1962a: 361) .

Type:— INDIA. Jammu and Kashmir: Baltistan, Hispar Glacier snout, 3200 m, growing by spring, damp ground, 21 August 1960, Polunin 6362 (holotype BM000957934!, isotype E).

Distribution: —N Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, U Ganga & Indus, C Nepal, U Yarlung Zangbo, M Yarlung Zangbo, L Yarlung Zangbo, S Hengduan, N Hengduan.

Note: —Some collections of Epilobium royleanum were misidentify as E. tibetanum . However, E. royleanum has shorter pedicels and longer leaves.

Haussknecht (1884) published E. lividum based on a specimen (in JE) and an illustration. Raven (1962a) recorded the specimen in JE (Nicholson s.n.) as the “ holotype ” of E. lividum, and we have seen photo of this specimen in BM (BM001025672). According to Art. 9.1, this specimen (Nicholson s.n. in JE) should be the lectotype.