Volume 26, Issue 78, July - December, 2025

Lectotypification of Adenophora alpina Nannf. (Campanulaceae)

Tiwari UL^♦

Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, 4- B. Garden, Shalimar, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, 4- B. Garden, Shalimar, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

Adenophora alpina Nannf. was first described in 1930 from alpine meadows collected from Sichuan, China. However, no holotype was designated in the protologue, and the name has remained untypified in the taxonomic literature since then. To clarify the usage of this name, and in according to Article 9.12 of ICN, a lectotype has been designated based on original material collected by K.A.H. Smith in the year 1922. This typification provides a stable reference for the species, which is currently recognized as Adenophora himalayana subsp. alpina (Nannf.) D.Y. Hong.

Keywords: Adenophora alpina, Campanulaceae, lectotype, nomenclature, taxonomy

Species, 2025, 26(78), e35s3167

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i78.e35s3167

Published: 09 August 2025