Garcinia jelinckii Kurz ex King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal

N., Mohanan, P. S., Shameer, Abstract, T. Sabu & L., Garcinia, 2023, Taxonomic revision of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in India, Rheedea 33 (3), pp. 101-158 : 153-154

Garcinia jelinckii Kurz ex King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 59: 172. 1890; Vesque in A.DC., Monogr. Phan. 8: 487. 1893; Maheshw., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 135. 1964; N.P. Singh in B. D.Sharma & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India 3: 131. 1993; Dagar & N.T. Singh, Pl. Res. Andaman and Nicobar Isl. Enum. 2: 418. 1999. Lectotype (designated by Marinho, 2017): INDIA, Nicobar Island, Tillangchong, s.d.,

Novara 169 / L. Jelinek 106 (W [W0073376]; isolecto CAL [CAL47010!]).

Notes: King (1890) treated this taxon based on a single collection (L. Jelinek 106). Maheshwari commented “a specimen with leaves like a Garcinia and detached fruit of a true Garcinia (Jelinek 106 Exped. Novara No. 169, Nicobar Island), collected by Dr. Jelinck, has been thus named in Calcutta Herbarium. The material is too imperfect to be dealt with”. Maheshwari (1964) and Singh (1993) included as a doubtful species. Though Parkinson (1923) did not include the species, Dagar and Singh (1999) included it in Andaman Flora . Though a duplicate of the specimen designated as type ( Marinho 2017) is located at W (W 0073376 image!), with few leaves and a dried fruit, it is difficult to come to an otherwise conclusion. Hence it is treated here as doubtful species.