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Laurus purpurea Ruiz & Pav.
Nomenclature
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Genus: DamburneyaSpecies: Damburneya purpurea
Species:
Laurus purpurea Ruiz & Pav.
Usage:
not accepted
Unacceptability Reason:
homotypic (nomenclatural) synonym
Reference:
Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis IV (Laurographia) plate CCCLI
Reference for current status:
Rohwer 1993, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 60
unprocessed publication data:
Fl. peruv. 4: t.351. 1804.
Original type data:
Habitat in Peruviae Andium nemoribus prope Cuchero.
Additional type data:
Lectotype (designated by Bernardi, 1967: 60, as “specimine holotypico herbarii berolinensis addicto”): PERU. Huánuco, “in Andium nemoribus ad Cuchero et Chinchao,” 1778, H. Ruíz L. & J. A. Pavón s.n. (B 10 0185160 [B neg. 1232/25]; Isolectotypes, BM 000947299, F [0040316F; #13/25 ex MA 811806], G 00369268 [F neg. 27609], MA 811806, OXF 00000255); Icon: Laurographia t. 7 (G [F neg. 34254]).
Miscellaneous information:
Rohwer (1986) considered this name invalid, because the text of the Flora Peruviana et Chilensis 4 remained unpublished until 1957. However, the plates have been distributed at some time between 1804 and 1830, and the plate of this species shows floral details and a separate fruit. According to Art. 38.8 / 38.9 of the Code (McNeill et al. 2012) this is sufficient for valid publication, although the precise date cannot be ascertained. Another name for this species, Ocotea latifolia Kunth, has been published in 1818. Therefore, the correct name for this species may be either Nectandra purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez or Nectandra latifolia (Kunth) Mez - if it is kept in Nectandra. Stafleu et al. (TL-2) suggest “In view of the circumstance that the first references to Ruiz and Pavon’s fourth volume date from 1830, it seems adviable to regard the publication by Kunth as the earlier one.”
URL of protologue:
http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=5798