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A new combination Gymnosporia listeri (Prain) A.T.Bhat, K.M.P.Kumar & Rana is proposed for the name Celastrus listeri Prain. Additionally, a suitable lectotype is designated for the name.
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We are grateful to the Director, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow for his encouragement and support. Our heartfelt thanks to Dr Henry J. Noltie, RBGE, UK for the information regarding J. L. Lister. We also thank the curator and staffs of CAL for allowing us to study the herbarium specimens and for providing the high-resolution image. The first author thanks the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, for a DST-INSPIRE fellowship (IF190775). The manuscript has the institutional manuscript number: CSIR-NBRI_MS/2023/10/09
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Bhat, A.T., Prabhukumar, K.M. & Rana, T.S. A new combination and lectotypification in the genus Gymnosporia (Celastraceae: Cassinoideae) of India. Kew Bull (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-10167-7
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