Typification of names in Ancistrocladus Wallich (Ancistrocladaceae)

Details of typification are presented for 25 of the 27 existing binomials in Ancistrocladus Wallich (Ancistrocladaceae). Holotypes are indicated for A. carallioides Craib, A. congolensis J. Leonard, A. ealaensis 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. Graham, 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. uncinatus Hutchinson & Dalziel, and A. wallichii Planchon. Previously designated lectotypes are indicated for A. abbreviatus Airy Shaw and A. barteri Scott-Elliot, lectotypes are newly designated for A. attenuatus Dyer and A. cochinchinensis Gagnepain, and the probable need for neotypification of A. hainanensis Hayata is discussed. Two names, A. pentagynus Warburg and A. sagittatus Wallich ex Planchon, are excluded from the genus.