Vol. 75 No. 2 (2020)
Articles

Lectotypification of Vigna wightii (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)

Krishnaraj Moothedathu Venugopalan Nair
Department of Botany, Baselius College, Kottayam, Kerala, India-686001
Narayanan Nair Mohanan
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India-686562

Published 2020-11-18

Keywords

  • Leguminosae: Papilionoideae,
  • Vigna,
  • nomenclature

How to Cite

Venugopalan Nair, K. M., & Nair Mohanan, N. (2020). Lectotypification of Vigna wightii (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Webbia, 75(2), 281–286. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-9419

Abstract

George Bentham’s Vigna wightii, endemic to the Southern Western Ghats, is here lectotypified by using R.H.Beddome’s collection from the Anamallai mountains, India.

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