Details of typification are presented for 25 of the 27 existing binomi
als in Ancistrocladus Wallich (Ancistrocladaceae). Holotypes are indic
ated for A. carallioides Craib, A. congolensis J. Leonard, A. ealaensi
s J. Leonard, A. extensus Wallich ex Planchon, A. griffithii Planchon,
A. guineensis Oliver, Wormia hamata Vahl [= A. hamatus (Vahl) Gilg, A
. vahlii Arnott], A. harmandii Gagnepain, A. heyneanus Wallich ex J. G
raham, A. korupensis D. W. Thomas & Gereau, A. letestui Pellegrin, A.
likokoi J. Leonard, A. pachyrrhachis Airy Shaw, A. pinangianus Wallich
ex Planchon, A. robertsoniorum J. Leonard, Bembix tectoria Loureiro [
= A. tectorius (Loureiro) Merrill], A. thwaitesii Tieghem, A. uncinatu
s Hutchinson & Dalziel, and A. wallichii Planchon. Previously designat
ed lectotypes are indicated for A. abbreviatus Airy Shaw and A. barter
i Scott-Elliot, lectotypes are newly designated for A. attenuatus Dyer
and A. cochinchinensis Gagnepain, and the probable need for neotypifi
cation of A. hainanensis Hayata is discussed. Two names, A. pentagynus
Warburg and A. sagittatus Wallich ex Planchon, are excluded from the
genus.