Summary
The names Bauhinia corymbosa Roxb. ex DC. and Bauhinia corymbosa Roxb. are relectotypified here because the earlier lectotypifications were not based on original material.
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We thank the Director, Botanical Survey of India and Head of Office, Central National Herbarium for the facilities; the Correspondents of A, B, BM, BR, C, DBN, E, FI, G, LIV, NY, P, PH and UPS for replying to our queries. Some of the images of herbarium specimens were accessed from the Herbarium Catalogue — Kew Gardens (http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/navigator.do), Paris herbarium Catalogue available online (http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/search/) and Geneva Herbaria Catalogue — Ville de Genève (https://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/chg/?lang=en). We are also thankful to Dr John McNeill (E) for his comments on the typifications, Dr M. F. Watson (E) for his expertise and comments, particularly on the Wallich specimens involved in the typifications, the anonymous reviewers and Dr Ruth P. Clark, Associate Editor, Kew Bulletin for improving the manuscript.
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Bandyopadhyay, S., Kumar, A. Type of Bauhinia corymbosa Roxb. ex DC. and Bauhinia corymbosa Roxb. (Leguminosae: Cercidoideae) revisited. Kew Bull 78, 235–237 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10100-4
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