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Lauraceae taxonomy
Note on Classification
List of names from TROPICOS - all other data entered by us.
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Litsea khasyana Meisn.
Nomenclature
Species:
Litsea khasyana Meisn.
Usage:
accepted
Reference:
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Cha khai doi
Reference for current status:
Ngernsaengsaruay et al. 2011, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 39: 63.
Original type data:
In Khasyâ, alt. 4000 ped. (Hook. fil.!) (v. s. in hb. DC., Hook.).
Additional type data:
India, Khasia, Hooker & Thomson s.n. (holotype G-DC; isotypes BM, C, E, K).
Miscellaneous information:
Ngernsaengsaruay et al. 2011, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 39: 60, wrote under Litsea johorensis: "The name Litsea khasyana has been applied to two different species of Litsea. The earlier legitimate name, Litsea khasyana Meisn., must be retained, with Litsea meissneri Hook.f. as a synonym. The second plant, Litsea hookeri (Meisn.) D.G.Long was originally described twice by Meisner (1864) as Cylicodaphne? hookeri and Tetranthera khasyana. Hooker, unfortunately, transferred Tetranthera khasyana Meisn. to Litsea khasyana (Meisn.) Hook.f., possibly not realising they were heterotypic. He probably rejected the epithet hookeri due to the existence of the name Litsea hookeriana (Meisn.) Hook.f. for a third plant from Sri Lanka. Hence, Hooker’s Litsea khasyana (Meisn.) Hook.f. is an illegitimate homonym and must be replaced by Litsea hookeri (Meisn.) D.G.Long."