Dipcadi saxorum Blatt.

Dipcadi saxorum Blatt. View in CoL

J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 736. 1928.

Neotype (designated here): INDIA, Maharashtra, Mumbai, National Park , Borivli , 09.08.1953, R.R. Fernandez R1398 ( BLAT Acc. No. 75925 !). Fig. 1a View Fig

Notes: Blatter (1928) in the protologue of Dipcadi saxorum Blatt. cited Blatter and Hallberg No. S1 as the type and gave the locality as: “Rocky places above the Kanheri Caves, in Salsette about 1,000 ft., Bombay Presidency. Flowered in August 1917 ”. The said locality is now a part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli, Mumbai. According to Stafleu and Cowan (1976) the herbarium and types of Ethelbert Blatter (1877–1934) are at BLAT and other material at B, BM and K. The authors could not locate the original material from BLAT, B, BM and K. Deb and Dasgupta (1978) stated that the type is missing while Mishra and Singh (2001) observed the type at BLAT. During our visit to BLAT we too could not locate the type specimen. In the absence of the original material of D. saxorum , a neotype is selected from the type locality.