Cryptocarya retusa, Werff, 2008

Werff, Henk Van Der, 2008, A new species and new combinations in Cryptocarya from Madagascar, Adansonia (3) 30 (1), pp. 41-46 : 44-45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4601931

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE7387D8-3148-FFFF-FCC9-F9D5B69AAF8E

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Carolina

scientific name

Cryptocarya retusa
status

comb. nov.

Cryptocarya retusa View in CoL

(Willd. ex Nees) Van der Werff, comb. nov. BASIONYM. — Agathophyllum retusum Willd. ex Nees , Systema Laurinarum 234 (1836); Ravensara retusa (Willd. ex Nees) Baill. , Adansonia 9: 303 (1878).

TYPUS. — Madagascar. Du Petit-Thouars s.n., (holo-, B-W 9116; iso-, P).

REMARKS

According to Kostermans (1958), this species is widely distributed on Madagascar and best recognized by its smooth, coriaceous leaves with immersed venation and dense indument on the young growth.

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