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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

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Notes on the correct identity of Vanilla andamanica Rolfe (Orchidaceae) and lectotypification of two names

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172905

Published 2023-07-01

  • Dinesh Kumar Agrawala
    • ,
  • Rijupalika Roy
    • ,
  • Jeewan Singh Jalal
    • ,
  • Vivek C. P.

Dinesh Kumar Agrawala
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064

Rijupalika Roy
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah-711 103

Jeewan Singh Jalal
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064

Vivek C. P.
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064

Abstract

Morphological features of Vanilla andamanica Rolfe [ORCHIDACEAE-VANILLOIDEAE-VANILLEAE] has been compared and found identical with Vanilla albida Blume. The same has been reduced here as heterotypic synonym. Second step lectotypification of Vanilla albida Blume and Vanilla montana Ridl. has also been done.

Keywords

Distribution, Orchidaceae, Synonym, Taxonomy.

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