Mangifera andamanica King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.

Mangifera andamanica King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. View in CoL 2, Nat. Hist. 65(3): 470. 1896. Lectotype

(designated here): INDIA, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andamans , 1884, Dr. King’s collector s.n. (CAL [ CAL0000024405 !]; isolecto BM [ BM000884747 digital image!], CAL [ CAL0000024412 !, CAL0000024413!], K [K000695011 digital image!], P [P02440609 digital image!]). Syntypes: INDIA, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, South Andaman Island , Hobdaypur, Hill jungle, 25.04.1891, Dr. King s.n. (CAL [ CAL0000026152 !, CAL0000026153!], K [K000695010 digital image!]). Fig. 2 View Fig

Notes: The protologue cites “Andaman Islands: King’s collectors” ( King, 1896). Kostermans and Bompard (1993) designated King’s collector 39 (CAL) as lectotype and cited “Lecto-typus: Mt Harriett, June, fl., King’s Coll. 39 (CAL)”. After a thorough search of CAL, we could not trace flowering specimen (‘June’) of King’s collector 39 from Mount Harriet. We could trace five specimens at CAL of M. andamanica of which three from the Andamans were without precise locality and two specimens were collected from Hobdaypur, South Andaman Island. In addition, there were two specimens found at K of which one (K000695011, digital image!) is without precise locality and the second is from Hobdaypur (K000695010, digital image!). Moreover, no collection number is mentioned on any cited specimens. Therefore, a new lectotype designation is needed in the absence of the previously designated lectotype King’s collector 39 from Mount Harriet. Moreover, all three specimens from Hobdaypur were collected by Dr. King himself in fruiting and the remaining specimens without precise locality were collected in flowering by Dr. King’s collector. The best preserved flowering specimen CAL0000024405 is designated here as lectotype because the species is recognized by flowering material with 4-merous flowers and well develop disc ( Kostermans & Bompard, 1993).