Nepeta hindostana var. woodrowii Santapau

In The Flora of Purandhar: 110 (1957). — Basionym: Nepeta ruderalis Buch. -Ham. ex Benth. var. woodrowii Cooke, Flora of the Presidency of Bombay: 473 (1906).

LECTOTYPE (DESIGNATED HERE). — India. Maharashtra, Satara district, Panchganis Ghat, 23.IX.1902, Mr. Bhide s.n. (lecto-, K [K000911185 image]!) (Fig. 3).

RESIDUAL SYNTYPES. — India. Maharashtra, Pune district, on the walls of Sinhagad fort, 12 miles from Poona, 29.IX.1905, Mr. Bhide s.n. (syn-, K000911186 image!); “Poona” (Pune district), V.1880, G. M. Woodrow 476 (syn-, K000911183 image!).

REMARK

Hooker (1885) noted under N. ruderalis that he had received the specimens collected by Mr. Woodrow from Pune district (‘Poona’) resembling the habit of N. ruderalis but with larger calyx and nutlets like N. bombaiensis Dalzell. Finally, Cooke (1906) described N. ruderalis var. woodrowii based on collection of Mr. Bhide from Sinhabad hill fort (4000 ft) near Pune district (‘Poona’), Panchgani hills (4000 ft) near Mahableshwar and Woodrow collection (No. 476) from Pune district (‘Poona’). We traced three collections (K000911183, K000911185 and K000911186) at K and we here lectotypify the name with Kew specimen (K000911185) bearing Cooke’s annotation in his own handwriting.