Thea lanceolata (Blume) Pierre var. stenophylla Merr., Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 70 (1923).

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4. Thea lanceolata (Blume) Pierre var. stenophylla Merr., Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 70 (1923).

Lectotype.

(designated here): Philippines. Luzon: Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui to Claveria, August 1918, M. Ramos 33005 (US 00113903 [the image is available at http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f38884f-74b3-4f15-8e0b-db0f884e39b1]!).

Notes.

Merrill (1923: 70) cited a single collection, " B.S. 33005 Ramos " in the protologue without specifying the corresponding herbarium. Two duplicates of this gathering were found at K and US, so they are syntypes (Art. 40 Note 1 of the ICN) of T. lanceolata var. stenophylla . The specimen at US bearing barcode 00113903 is selected above as the lectotype of this taxon because a fragment of fruit is attached on a branchlet of the sheet.

Due to a lack of materials, Sealy (1958: 145) did not give this variety a formal taxonomic treatment. Keng (1989: 68) identified it as a heterotypic synonym of C. lanceolata (Blume) Seem. and claimed that the latter was "understandably unlikely to be a homogeneous taxon" based on its widespread geographic distribution. I generally agree with Keng’s (1989) broad circumscription of C. lanceolata until more data are available (see below).