Ranunculus nilgiricus, a Replacement Name for the Illegitimate R. reniformis (Ranunculaceae)

Alexander N. Sennikov; Valery N. Tikhomirov

doi:10.3417/2024901

Alexander N. Sennikov Finnish Museum of Natural History
Valery N. Tikhomirov Belarusian State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2024901

Keywords: Eastern Ghats, endemic species, India, lectotype, nomenclature, Wallich, Western Ghats

Abstract

Ranunculus reniformis Wall. ex Wight & Arn. is a rare species endemic to southern India (Western and Eastern Ghats), which is characterized by long-petiolate basal leaves with crenately dentate lamina. This species name is an illegitimate later homonym of R. reniformis Gilib. A new name, R. nilgiricus Sennikov & Val. N. Tikhom., is proposed to replace the later homonym.