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Lauraceae taxonomy
Note on Classification
List of names from TROPICOS - all other data entered by us.
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Mespilodaphne sprucei Meisn.
Nomenclature
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Genus: OcoteaSpecies: Ocotea sprucei
Species:
Mespilodaphne sprucei Meisn.
Usage:
not accepted
Unacceptability Reason:
homotypic (nomenclatural) synonym
Reference:
Reference for current status:
Rohwer 1986, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 20
Original type data:
In Brasil. bor. ad Rio Negro (Spruce n. 2149 !) et circa Rio Jan. (Riedel ! Lund n. 280). (v. s. in hb. DC., Mart., Petrop., etc.)
Additional type data:
Syntypes: Brazil, Amazonas, on Rio Negro near São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Jan - Aug 1852: Spruce 2149 (B, BM, G, G-DC, K, NY, OXF, P); Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, near Rio de Janeiro: Riedel s.n. (G-DC, K, NY, P); Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana, Jun 1833: Lund 280 (C)
Miscellaneous information:
Mez (1889) excluded all syntypes except Spruce 2149 and thus effectively lectotypified this name. Lund 280 is also a syntype of Ocotea argentea Mez.