The confused species, Isoetes sahyadriensis Mahab., was apparently based on a mixture of two species in the area. It is lectotypified here from the only surviving authentic material, which is an immature plant, and epitypified in the sense of the reticulate-spored small species of India with complete velum. Suggested synonymy of the four distinct species known India is given.
Isoetes sahyadriensis, India, Lectotype, Epitype
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Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., 2015. Lectotypification and Epitypification of Isoetes sahyadriensis (Isoetaceae) from S.W. India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 38(3), pp.231-232. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-103YQ7
Manuscript Published on 01 September 2015
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