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96 Lectotypification of names in
Sida
Lectotypification of six names in the genus
Sida
(Malvaceae)
Nimbalkar V.V.1, Tambde G.M.2 & M.M. Sardesai1*
1Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra – 411 007, India
2Department of Botany, Shri. Vyankatesh Arts, Commerce and Science College, Deulgaon Raja, Maharashtra – 443 204, India
*E-mail: sardesaimm@gmail.com
RHEEDEA
Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy
Received: 21.09.2020; Revised & Accepted: 19.03.2021
Published Online: 30.06.2021
Abstract: Six names in Sida L., viz., S. cuneifolia Roxb.,
S. mysorensis Wight & Arn., S. ovata Forssk., S. repens
Dombey ex Cav., S. scabrida Wight & Arn. and S.
schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. are lectotypified here.
Of these names, S. mysorensis Wight & Arn. and S.
schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. involve second-step
lectotypification.
Keywords: India, Lectotypes, Malvaceae, Sida,
Typification.
Introduction
The genus Sida L. was established by Linnaeus
(1753) to include ten species, of which four, viz.,
S. spinosa L., S. rhombifolia L., S. alnifolia L. and S.
cordifolia L. are now retained in Sida: two species
in Wissadula Medik. and one each in Abutilon
Mill., Herissantia Medik., Anoda Cav. and Malachra
L. Sida is one of the largest genera in the family
Malvaceae, and distributed mainly in tropical and
subtropical regions of the world with c. 250 species
(Mabberley, 2017; POWO, 2019). Paul and Nayar
(1988) and Paul (1993) reported 12 species of Sida
from India, subsequently Sivarajan and Pradeep
(1996) recorded 17 species from southern
Peninsular India. Two new species were described
by Tambde et al. (2016, 2020) while the
occurrence of S. angustifolia Medik. in India is
discussed by Gavade et al. (2020). With these
reports, the genus is represented by 22 species in
India. In the present paper lectotypes are
designated for six names in Sida, viz., S. cuneifolia
Roxb., S. mysorensis Wight & Arn., S. ovata Forssk.,
S. repens Dombey ex Cav., S. scabrida Wight & Arn.
and S. schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. in
accordance with the ICN (Turland et al., 2018) after
having consulted the original material.
Typification
Sida cuneifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 170. 1832.
Lectotype (designated here): Sida cuneifolia Roxb.
drawing in Icones Roxburghianae no. 341 (K digital
image!). Fig. 1
Notes: The name S. cuneifolia was proposed by
Roxburgh (1832), in ‘Flora Indica’. According to
Stafleu and Cowan (1983) Roxburgh’s specimens
and types are known to be placed at BM, BR, E, G,
K and LIV; small set at B (Willd), C, DBN, E, FI,
NY, OXF, P, PH, UPS (Thunb.). Stafleu and
Cowan (1983) also stated that Roxburgh’s drawings
are of great importance for the typification of
Roxburgh’s species. As Roxburgh’s collection or
specimens referred for description could not be
traced for the name S. cuneifolia, Roxburgh’s
drawing with ‘Roxburgh number 341’ is referred
to study as an original material which depicts the
characters mentioned in the protologue, and it is
designated here as lectotype.
Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind.
Orient. 1: 59. 1834.
Lectotype (first-step designated by Borssum, 1966;
second-step designated here): INDIA, Karnataka,
Mysore, 14.05.1800, Heyne 183 (K [K000659370
Vol. 31(2): 96–100 (2021)
ISSN: 0971-2313 (Print edition)
ISSN: 2582-2438 (Online edition)
https://dx.doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.02.12
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digital image!]; isolecto K [K000659371 digital
image!]). Fig. 2
Notes: Wight and Arnott (1834) described S.
mysorensis based on collections by different
collectors. They can be considered as syntypes.
Among which, Borssum (1966) cited Wight’s
specimen with number ‘183’ which is from
Heyne’s herbarium as mentioned by Noltie (2005)
and connected to Wallich catalogue no. 1855.
Two sheets of Heyne’s collection from Mysore
are housed at K, one with number ‘183’ and the
other without a number, but the date of collection
(14th May, 1800) for both specimens indicates that
the specimens are part of a single gathering.
Moreover, the sheet with number ‘183’ has two
specimens mounted on it with two different
barcode numbers (K000659370, K000659371).
One of them (K000659370) is designated here as
the second-step lectotype considering the type
citation by Borssum (1966) as a first-step
lectotypification.
Sida ovata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 124. 1775.
Lectotype (designated here): ARABIA, Surdud,
February 1763, P. Forsskal 1728 (C [C10003059
digital image!]). Fig. 3
Notes: Forsskal (1775) in the protologue cited his
collection from Surdud, Arabia. Two relevant
specimens could be traced at C (C10003059,
C10003061) and one at BM (BM000603910). Of
those, C10003059 with fruits is designated here as
the lectotype. The specimen is determined as
‘proposed lectotype’ by O.A. Leistner in May, 1967,
but this has not been seen as published so far and
this cannot be considered as effective publication
(Art. 7.10 of ICN, Turland et al., 2018).
Fig.1. Lectotype of
Sida cuneifolia
Roxb. drawing in Icones
Roxburghianae no. 341 (K) (http://apps.kew.org/floraindica/img/
illustration/large/23372.jpg) © Copyright of the Board of Trustees of
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced with permission.
Fig. 2. Lectotype of
Sida mysorensis
Wight & Arn. (K000659370
http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000659370) © Copyright of
the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced
with permission.
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Sida
Joseph Dombey was part of Ruiz & Pavon’s
expedition to Peru, which took place between 1778
and 1788. Some of the herbarium specimens of this
expedition were taken out by Cavanilles in order
to create his separate ‘Type collection’. With this
in mind, the specimen which is part of ‘Cavanilles
type collection’ is selected here as lectotype.
Additionally, the specimen (MA-656279) bears the
number ‘29787’ on a small label, which was added
to the specimen at the beginning of the 20th
century, when it was on loan to the Field Museum
(USA). The number ‘29787’ was used in some
publications (Fryxell, 1985) and electronic database
(Tropicos), but it is added to the sheet when the
specimens was lodged and renumbered at the Field
Museum (USA), and it is neither a ‘collection
Sida repens Dombey ex Cav., Diss. 1, Diss. Bot.
Sida 7. 1785.
Lectoype (designated here): PERU, s.l., Dombey J.
s.n. (MA [MA656279 digital image!]). Fig. 4
Notes: The herbarium and types of Cavanilles are
at MA, and many of his names are based on
specimens in P, P-LA, and P-JU (Stafleu and
Cowan, 1976). As the name S. repens is published
based on Dombey’s collection, search for the
specimen was attempted in MA as well as P. Two
specimens of S. repens collected by Dombey at P
could be traced which matches well with the
protologue description. Moreover, one specimen
(MA-656279) from ‘Cavanilles Type collection’
section was found at MA and as per the discussion
with Eva Garcia Ibanez, Curator of the herbarium,
Fig. 3. Lectotype of
Sida ovata
Forssk. (C10003059 http://
digit.snm.ku.dk/www/ctyp/full/C10003059.jpg) © Copyright of the
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
Reproduced with permission.
Fig. 4. Lectotype of
Sida repens
Dombey ex Cav. (MA656279 http://
161.111.171.57/herbarioV/visorVCat.php?img=MA-01-00656279)
© Copyright of the MA Herbarium, Real Jardín Botánico Madrid.
Reproduced with permission.
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number’ nor an accession number or barcode
number added by MA.
Sida scabrida Wight & Arn., Prod. Fl. Ind. Orient.
1: 57. 1834.
Lectotype (designated here): INDIA, Tamil Nadu,
(Madras), s.d., Wight 198 (K [K000659357 image!]).
Fig. 5
Notes: A specimen at K (K000659357), part of the
Wight Herbarium is identified as type material of
the name Sida scabrida Wight & Arn., supported
by Wight’s catalogue No. 198 as mentioned in the
protologue and it precisely matches with it.
Therefore, the specimen is designated here as
lectotype. Sivarajan and Pradeep (1994) cited the
type of S. scabrida as ‘Wight 166’, but the specimen
cited in the protologue is ‘Wight! cat. n. 198’ and
should only serve as type material. Noltie (2005)
also noted that the type material for this name is
‘WC 198’. He also commented that he could not
trace a specimen at K. However, the specimen
referred to in the protologue was traced at K and
an image of the same is provided here.
Sida schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl.
Abyss. 1: 66. 1847.
Lectotype (first-step designated by Vollesen, 1986;
second-step designated here): ABYSSINIA
(Ethiopia), 04.06.1837, G.H.W. Schimper 282 (P
[P00761807 digital image!]). Fig. 6
Notes: While describing Sida schimperiana, Richard
(1847) cited collections of G.H.W. Schimper,
Richard Quartin-Dillon and Anton Petit in the
protologue. Vollesen (1986) inadvertently
Fig. 5. Lectotype of
Sida scabrida
Wight & Arn. (K000659357 http://
specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000659357) © Copyright of the
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced
with permission.
Fig. 6. Lectotype of
Sida schimperiana
Hochst.
ex
A.Rich. (MNHN-P-
P00761807 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p00761807)
© Copyright of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Reproduced with permission.
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Sida
lectotypified the name (Art. 7.11 of ICN, Turland
et al., 2018) by citing Schimper’s collection at P as
the type. There are five such relevant specimens at
P (viz., P00761802, P00761804, P00761805,
P00761806 and P00761807, of the same gathering
Schimper 282) and it cannot be ascertained which
particular specimen was designated as lectotype.
Thus, we have considered the type citation of
Vollesen (1986) as first-step lectotypification and one
of the specimens (P00761807) is designated here as
the second-step lectotype, which bears fruit and a
label indicating the specimen from Schimper’s
herbarium.
Acknowledgements
We are thankful to the authorities of herbaria (BM,
BR, C, CAL, E, G, K, LIV, MA, OXF, P) consulted
for the information provided. We also thank the
Head, Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule
University, Pune and Principal, Shri. Vyanktesh Arts
Commerce and Science College, Deulgaon for
providing necessary facilities. VVN and MMS are
grateful to RUSA-MHRD, Government of India,
for financial assistance. Authors also express gratitude
to anonymous reviewers for important comments
which helped to improve the manuscript.
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