Rungia punduana Nees

Rungia punduana Nees Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3: 110. (Nees 1832). — Type: India • “ In Pundua legit Fr. de Silva ”; lectotype: GZU [GZU000251499]! here designated (Fig. 3) • residual syntype: BM [BM000950153]!). NOTES The name Rungia punduana Nees was first appeared in Wallich’s Catalogue with the number“2453”without any description.Nees von Esenbeck in 1832, validated the name and validly published in “ Plantae Asiaticae Rariores ”; with an annotation of specimen as “In Pundua legit Fr. de Silva” ascribing to Francis de Silva, one of the collectors of Nathaniel Wallich (Nees 1832). While working on Indian Justiciinae, two herbarium sheets of Rungia punduana Nees were traced; one at BM (BM000950153) with a single individual with label as “ INDIA, WALLICH, 2453” without any details on locality and collector.The other herbarium sheet at GZU (GZU000251499)is also with a single individual with label details mentioned as “ Rungia punduana, Pandua, Wall. Cat. no. 2453” and the collection was credited to Fr.De Silva.Both the specimens are to be treated as original material and therefore,are the syntypes in accordance with the Art. 9.6 of ICN (Turland et al. 2018). The specimen at GZU(GZU000251499), is well preserved and matches perfectly with the protologue which leads to its selection as the lectotype of the name Rungia punduana Nees in accordance to Article 9.3, 9.11 and 9.12 of ICN (Turland et al. 2018).