UPADHYAY, G. K., S. K. SRIVASTAVA & A. A. ANSARI (2010). Typification of the name Allaeanthus kurzii Hook. f. (Moraceae). Candollea 65: 21– 22. In English, English and French abstracts.
A lectotypification of the name Allaeanthus kurzii Hook. f. (Moraceae, tribe Moreae) (≡ Broussonetia kurzii (Hook. f.) Corner) is proposed. The lectotype specimen, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4675), is kept at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K).
Introduction
The genus Allaeanthus (Moraceae, tribe Moreae) was first described by Thwaites (1854), and was later reduced to a section of Broussonetia Vent. by Corner (1962). Berg & al. (2006) accept the synonymization of Allaeanthus with Broussonetia but do not maintain the sectional treatment of Corner (1962).
During the revision of the family Moraceae for the ‘Flora of India' (excluding Ficus L.), the typification of the name Allaeanthus kurzii Hook. f. (≡ Broussonetia kurzii (Hook. f.) Corner) arose. Allaeanthus kurzii was reported in India from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh states and is very much localized in these two regions (Kanjilal & al., 1940; Grierson & al., 1983; Berg & al., 2006). Hooker (1888) based Allaeanthus kurzii on four collections: “ASSAM, Masters; at Goalpara, Clarke. BURMA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4657). PEGU to TENASSERIM, Kurz”. Out of these, the specimen from Burma (Myanmar), Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4657), is chosen as lectotype. Figures of the female parts of the plant, drawn on the sheet and on which the description evidently relies, support this choise.
Allaeanthus kurzii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 490. 1888.
≡Broussonetia kurzii (Hook. f.) Corner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 19: 234. 1962.
Lectotypus (designated here): MYANMAR (BURMA): Herbarium of the late East India Company, Birma, s.d., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4657) [female plant] (K! [K0003 57622]) (Fig. 1).
The rest of the syntypes is kept at Central National Herbarium (CAL), Howrah.
Acknowledgements
We are thankful to the Director, Botanical Survey of India for providing the necessary facilities. We also thank the Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for the permission to reproduce the image of the type specimen and the anonymous reviewer for his helpful suggestions.
