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The nomenclatural status of the names Memecylon deccanense C.B. Clarke, M. heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn., M. jambosioides Wight and M. wightianum Triana is discussed here. The name M. jambosioides, earlier considered a synonym of M. heyneanum, is here reinstated and treated as an accepted name. The binomial M. wightianum is rejected as superfluous and illegitimate, and M. deccanense is reduced to a synonym of M. heyneanum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Memecylon petiolatum TRIMEN EX ALSTON, an endemic species of Sri Lanka is recorded from India for the first time. Its taxonomic status is discussed here with proper circumscription. M. petiolatum is treated as variety of M. edule ROXB. Justification of the varietal rank under M. edule is discussed. A detailed description of the taxon supplemented by botanical illustration together with its flowering‐fruiting time, type details, etc. are provided to aid its correct and easy identification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seven names in the genus Memecylon L.: M. amplexicaule Roxb. var. malabarica C. B. Clarke, M. andamanicum King, M. gracile Bedd., M. lushingtonii Gamble, M. madgolense Gamble, M. pulchrum Kurz and M. terminale Dalzell are lectotypified here as a part of a revisionary study of the genus in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Lectotype of Memecylon flavescens Gamble is designated here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]