Litsea bourdillonii Gamble (1925 a: 131)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.201.4.3 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C52087A3-FFC8-516A-FF39-55BD61BEA35F |
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Felipe |
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Litsea bourdillonii Gamble (1925 a: 131) |
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1. Litsea bourdillonii Gamble (1925 a: 131) View in CoL .
Type:— INDIA. Kerala, Travancore, Dec. 1887, T. F. Bourdillon 57 (lectotype K-000793248!, here designated).
Syntypes:— INDIA. Kerala, Travancore , 3000 ft., s.d., T. F. Bourdillon 18 (K-000793250!) ; Kerala, Travancore, Idukki district, Vandamettu , 2 Feb. 1895, T. F. Bourdillon 507 ( MH) ; Kerala, Travancore, Udambansholay , Dec. 1910, A. Meebold 13242 (K-000793249! and MH!) ; Tamil Nadu, Anamalais (Anaimalai), Coimbatore district , Monica , 31 Oct. 1901, C. A. Barber 3912 ( MH!) ; Tamil Nadu, Anamalais (Anaimalai), Coimbatore district , Andiparai , 8 Nov. 1901, C. A. Barber 4002 ( MH!) ; Tamil Nadu, Anamalais (Anaimalai), Erode district , between Poonachi and Monica, 26 May 1903, C. A. Barber 5968 ( MH!) .
Distribution:— India, endemic (Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu).
Notes:— When Litsea bourdillonii was published, many gatherings— Travancore hills, in evergreen forests, 1000 m alt., 1887 to 1898, T. F. Bourdillon 18, 57, 61, 447, 507, 569, 948 ; 1500 to 1700 m alt., Peermade and Udambansholay, Dec. 1990, A. Meebold 12880, 13242 ; Munaar , 1500 m alt., May 1915, K. Venkoba Row 3269 ; Tinnevelly District , Kannikatti, 800 m alt., Feb. 1913, Hooper & Ramaswami 39407 ; Anamalai hills, Monica, Andiparai, etc., 1200 m alt., 1901 to 1903, C. A. Barber 3912, 4002, 5968 ; April 1914, C. E. C. Fischer 3721 were cited in protologue, but no specific herbarium sheet was designated as holotype. Except K. Venkoba Row, Hooper & Ramaswami and C. E. C. Fischer gatherings, eight specimens representing the other gatherings were traced, three of T. F. Bourdillon 18, 57, 507 two housed at K (K-000793248 & K-000793250) and one at MH, two of A. Meebold 13242 one each at K (K-000793249) and MH, three of C. A. Barber 3912, 4002, 5968 at MH. Of these, T. F. Bourdillon 57 (K-000793248), is the best of all is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue and also includes a short description of flowers on the sheet by J. S. Gamble .
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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University of Copenhagen |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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