Cinnamomum camphoricarpum Doweld, 2017

Doweld, Alexander B., 2017, New names in Cinnamomoides, Cinnamomum and Neolitsea (Lauraceae), and Pterospermum (Malvaceae), fossil and living, Phytotaxa 326 (3), pp. 189-201 : 190

Cinnamomum camphoricarpum Doweld , sp. nov.

≡ Cinnamomum macropodum Miki (1971: 234 , 246, fig. 1 A, B), nom. inval. (Art. 40.1), pro parte.

Description:—Fruits globose, peduncle 12 mm long, part of receptacle expanded as cupule, 10 mm in diameter and 5 mm deep. Seeds rounded, 7–8 mm wide, testa consisting of small palisade cells with no sinuate walls [modified from Miki 1971].

Holotype:— JAPAN. Kakushi Gotsu, Shimane prefecture, S. Miki [fruit receptacle] (Osaka Museum of Natural History F8270!, Osaka, Japan) – illustrated by Miki 1971: fig. 1, Aa; paratype [seeds] (Osaka Museum of Natural History, F8275!) – illustrated by Miki 1971: fig. 1, Af.

STATUS:—Fruits.

IFPNI: 79C53451-FC76-4852-8859-4E993DA5B3B5.

Note:—The fossil-species Cinnamomum macropodum Miki (1971: 234 , 246), nom. inval., was not validly published due the lack of holotype designation ( McNeill et al., 2012: Art. 40.1). Miki included leaves and fruits with seeds in his broad circumscription of the fossil-species. A new name is proposed for the distinctive fossil fruits with seeds (excluding doubtful leaves not found in organic connection with fruits/seeds).