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Typification of 18 Old World taxa in Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae)

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The names of 18 species and two varieties of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) described from the Old World (Africa excluded) by D. Prain and I. H. Burkill have been typified after careful examination of original material from various herbaria (A, B, BISH, BK, BM, CAL, CAS, E, F, G, GH, K, L, M, NY, P, PNH, SING, U, US) and protologues. Lectotypes are selected for Disocorea aspersa, D. cumingii, D. daunaea, D. fordii, D. hainanensis, D. inaequifolia, D. kerrii, D. lepcharum (D. lepcharum var. vera and D. lepcharum var. bhamoica), D. loheri, D. merrillii, D. melanophyma, D. palawana, D. pulverea, D. pseudotomentosa, D. scortechinii, D. trimenii, D. wattii and D. yunnanensis.

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Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge Dr K. N. Gandhi, Senior Nomenclatural Registrar, Harvard University Herbaria, for his comments on typification. The curators of A, B, BISH, BK, BM, CAL, CAS, E, F, G, GH, K, L, M, NY, P, PNH, SING, U, US are thanked for giving permission to consult collections, for making the collections available online or their responses over emails. The first and second authors thank SERB (File No. EEQ/2018/000289), for financial support.

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    K. C. Kishor & Ravikiran S. Pagare

  2. Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU Campus, Lawley Road, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India

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Kishor, K.C., Pagare, R.S. & Arisdason, W. Typification of 18 Old World taxa in Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae). Kew Bull 76, 339–363 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09930-x

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