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Lauraceae taxonomy
Note on Classification
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Ocotea sericiflora C.K. Allen
Nomenclature
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Genus: OcoteaSpecies: Ocotea aciphylla
Species:
Ocotea sericiflora C.K. Allen
Usage:
not accepted
Unacceptability Reason:
heterotypic (taxonomic) synonym
Reference:
Reference for current status:
Rohwer 1986, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 20: 117.
unprocessed publication data:
Mem. New York. Bot. Gard. 10: 77. 1964.
Original type data:
Tree 10 m, flowers white, banks of Cañon Grande River, SSW of Cumbre Camp, Cerro de la Neblina, Río Yatua, Amazonas, Venezuela, 1100 m, 24 Dec 1957, Bassett Maguire, John J. Wurdack & Celia K. Maguire 42482 (holotype, fl. NY).
Distribution. [...] Venezuela, Amazonas: from type locality, Maguire, Wurdack & Maguire 42483 (fr. NY)
[...] Wurdack & Adderley 43622.
Additional type data:
Venezuela, Amazonas, banks of Cañon Grande River, SSW of Cumbre Camp, Cerro de la Neblina, Río Yatua, 1100 m, 24 Dec 1957: Maguire et al. 42482 (Holotype NY 00355657, Isotypes F 0061656F, FHO, G 00369255, GH 00042127, MO 247531, MSC 0092477, S R-7187, SP 000853, U 0002965, US 00099258, VEN 60995). Paratypes: Venezuela, Amazonas: at about 1100 m along river banks on Cerro de la Neblina, Dec 1957: Maguire et al. 42483 (FHO, NY, VEN 60996, W); Venezuela, Amazonas, Cerro de la Neblina: Wurdack & Adderley 43622 (NY)
Miscellaneous information:
Rohwer (1986) had not seen the holotype nor the paratype Wurdack & Adderley 43622 in NY. Allen wrote that the latter was "possibly a variety".
URL of protologue:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150908#page/545/mode/1up