Viscum ovalifolium Wall. ex DC., Prodr.

Turner, Ian M., 2022, FROM ACACIA TO ZIZIPHUS: PLANT NAMES COMMEMORATING THE BOTANIST WILLIAM ROXBURGH, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 79 (1911), pp. 1-102 : 95-96

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24823/EJB.2022.1911
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scientific name	Viscum ovalifolium Wall. ex DC., Prodr.
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Viscum ovalifolium Wall. ex DC., Prodr. View in CoL 4: 278 (1830). – Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Penang,

1822, N. Wallich s.n. [ EIC 489 ] (lectotype K [ K001111125 ], designated by Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 468 [1931]; isolectotypes BM, E [ E00313906 , E00313907 ], G-DC [ IDC800 LM-663/5]) .

Viscum roxburghianum Korth., Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 17: 257 (1839). – Viscum orientale f. roxburghianum (Korth.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. View in CoL 1: 805 (1856). – Type: Borneo, P.W. Korthals s.n. (lectotype L [ L0603388 ], designated here).

A lectotype from L is designated for Viscum roxburghianum Korth. Danser effectively designated a specimen in K-W as lectotype for Viscum ovalifolium Wall. ex DC. De Candolle is far more likely to have used the specimen in G-DC to prepare his description. This specimen is not labelled with the Wallich Catalogue number, but annotations indicate that is was collected in Penang and was received from the East India Company in 1829, making it highly likely that it is a duplicate of the K-W specimen.