Ocotea morona-santiagoensis P.L.R.Moraes, 2021

Moraes, Pedro Luís Rodrigues De, 2021, New names in living Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae) and a remark on Litsea cuneata, Phytotaxa 490 (3), pp. 298-300 : 298-299

Ocotea morona-santiagoensis P.L.R.Moraes , nom. nov.

Replaced name:— Ocotea pilosa van der Werff (2020: 220) , nom. illeg., non Ocotea pilosa Givulescu (1975: 172 , pl. 4, figs. 2–4, 8).

Type:— ECUADOR. Morona-Santiago, Loma San José Grande–Sendero San José–Río Bomboiza , 1300–1600 m, 21 April 1991, C. E . Cerón 14355 (holotype, MO barcode MO-3067552; isotype, QCNE) .

Etymology and Distribution:— Ocotea morona-santiagoensis is known from only the type collection, which has been collected on the eastern slope of the Andes at 1300 to 1600 m in the province of Morona-Santiago in Ecuador ( van der Werff 2020).

Litsea cuneata (Blume) Boerlage (1900: 141) , nom. illeg., non Litsea cuneata Knowlton (1899: 726)

≡ Tetranthera cuneata Blume (1851: 375) ≡ Glabraria cuneata (Blume) Miquel (1858: 943) ≡ Malapoenna cuneata (Blume) Kuntze (1891: 572)

Type:— INDONESIA. Celebes, Tondano [“in de boschen rond Tondano”], June 1841, E. A . Forsten s.n. (lectotype designated here: L barcode L0450042 ). Other syntypes: G-DC, L barcodes L0450039 , L0450040 , L0450041 .

Note:—The extant species name Litsea cuneata (Blume) Boerl. is not in current use and it has been synonymized with L. tomentosa Blume (1826: 566) by Kostermans (1969: 509). There are at least five sheets collected by Forsten from Celebes. Specimen at L 0450042 is selected here as lectotype because it has an original label by Forsten, annotated with “In de boschen rond Tondano | Juni 1841 | Laurinae | Celebes”, and the name “ Tetranthera cuneata Bl ” in Blume’s handwriting. This taxon is known from Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, and Philippines ( Ngernsaengsaruay et al. 2005, de Kok 2017, Brambach & Pelser 2020).

Litsea cuneata (Blume) Boerlage (1900: 144) , nom. illeg., non Litsea cuneata Knowlton (1899: 726)

≡ Cylicodaphne cuneata Blume (1856: 12) ≡ Lepidadenia cuneata (Blume) Miquel (1858: 936) ≡ Malapoenna blumeana Kuntze (1891: 572)

Type :— INDONESIA. Sumatra, s.d., P. W . Korthals s.n. (lectotype designated here: L barcode L0925064 ). Other syntypes: B barcode B 10 0277317, K barcode K000815145 , L barcodes L0925050 , L0925051 , L0925052 , L0925063 , P barcode P02010630 , S [S-G-1823], U barcode U0002862 .

Note:—Another extant species name Litsea cuneata (Blume) Boerl. , based on Cylicodaphne cuneata Blume , is also not in current use and it is a synonym of Litsea noronhae Blume (1826: 561) , as indicated by Kostermans (1969).