1. Cinnamomum curvifolium (Lour.) Nees

Systema Laurinarum 80 (Nees 1836); Nguyén Kim Đào, Flora of Vietnam 20: 239 (Nguyén Kim Đào 2017). — Laurus curvifolia Lour., Flora cochinchinensis 1: 252 (de Loureiro 1790).

TYPE SPECIMEN. — [Vietnam] Th ừa Thiên-Huế: Nui Bach Ma, 16°10’0.012”N, 107°49’59.988”E, alt. 1000-1200 m, 21.IV.1939, Poilane 29889 (neo-, P [P02132202], designated here) .

REMARKS

This species was first described as Laurus curvifolia by Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis (de Loureiro 1790: 252) . No Loureiro specimens could be found at the BM and P and Merrill does not mention any in his commentary on the work (Merrill 1935). Therefore, a neotype needs to be selected. The P specimen of Poilane 29889 which fits well with the original description and has many mature inflorescences and flowers, and is therefore selected here as the neotype.