Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roemer & Schultes) Candolle (1834: 131)

Prasanth, Arun & Sardesai, Milind M., 2021, Nomenclatural notes on type materials of eight names in Embelia (Primulaceae) from Peninsular India, Phytotaxa 491 (3), pp. 230-238 : 232

5. Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roemer & Schultes) Candolle (1834: 131)

= Ardisia tsjeriam-cottam Roemer &Schultes (1819: 518) .

Lectotype (designated here):—[illustration] “Tsjeriam-cottam” in Rheede , Hortus Malabaricus 5: t. 11.1685. Epitype (designated here):— INDIA, Kolhapur, Ambewadi, 14. 01. 2020, M. M. Sardesai MMS1644 .

Based on Roemer and Schultes (1819) name Ardisia tsjeriam-cottam, Candolle (1834) proposed a new combination E. tsjeriam-cottam . Both the names were published by citing Rheede’s (1685) ‘Hortus Malabaricus’ and Lamarck’s (1783) ‘Encyclopedie methodique’. The types of Roemer & Schultes and Lamarck’s are available at BM and P, respectively ( Stafleu & Cowan 1979; 1983; 1985). Authors could not find the specimens of E. tsjeriam-cottam collected by above workers. Moreover, our search for E. tsjeriam-cottam at Candolle’s collection in G-DC was also unsuccessful. However, an illustration available in Hortus Malabaricus “Tsjeriam-cottam” (5: t. 11) matches with the protologue. Hence, we designate here, this illustration as lectotype according to Art. 9.3 of ICN ( Turland et al. 2018) and the specimen MMS1644 (BSI) from Ambewadi, Kolhapur is designated here as epitype as per Art. 9.9 of ICN ( Turland et al. 2018).