Typification of the Name Asparagus sarmentosus (Asparagaceae)

Sonam  Maurya; Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar

doi:10.3417/20261029

Sonam Maurya CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4274-2303
Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3341-2717

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/20261029

Keywords: Ceylon, Hermann, illustration, lectotypification, Linnaeus, Sri Lanka

Abstract

The Linnean name Asparagus sarmentosus L. (Asparagaceae) was incorrectly typified by earlier workers under the International Code of Nomenclature. Therefore, an unpublished illustration by Hermann is selected here as a lectotype for the precise application of the name.