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Lauraceae taxonomy
Note on Classification
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Ocotea variabilis (Nees) Mez
Nomenclature
Species:
Ocotea variabilis (Nees) Mez
Usage:
accepted
Reference:
Reference for current status:
Moraes 2015, Harvard Pap. Bot. 20: 187.
unprocessed publication data:
Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 288. 1889.
Original type data:
Ocotea variabilis Mart. in Herb. Bras. Monac.
In campestribus altis iugi montium Serro frio Minarum generalium Brasiliase, Maio mense cum floribus legit cl. Martius.
Additional type data:
BRAZIL. Minas Gerais, Serro, “in campestribus altis Serro Frio,” May 1818, Martius s.n. (Holotype: M 0121081; Isotypes, B 100185417, GZU 000254373, L [“Laurus adamantina M., Diam. District,” ex Herbarium Reinwardtianum], M 0121082, MEL 2324404 [“Laurus adamantina Mart., Serro Frio”]).
Miscellaneous information:
Rohwer (1986, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 20: 189) had placed this species in the synonymy of Ocotea lancifolia (Schott) Mez. Moraes (2015, Harvard Pap. Bot. 20: 187), however, noted that its fruits were different, cupola-shaped with simple margin instead of almost flat with double margin.
URL of protologue:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52601#page/300/mode/1up
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