Cordia flavescens Aubl., Lauraceae

Feuillet, Christian, 2013, The typification of Cordia flavescens Aubl., the transfer of Firensia Scop. from Cordia L. (Cordiaceae, Boraginales) to the synonymy of Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae), and the identity of the species of Firensia, PhytoKeys 23, pp. 19-24 : 21

1. Cordia flavescens Aubl., Lauraceae

Ocotea commutata (Nees) Mez, Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 327. 1889. Type: Based on Oreodaphne commutata Nees

Cordia flavescens Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 226; 3: t. 89. 1775; not Ocotea flavescens Rusby 1920. Type: French Guiana. J.B. Aublet s.n. [specimens without the Cordia flowers](lectotype here designated BM [BM-000993950; scan!]; isotypes LINN [SM 374.6], S [04-2350; scan!])

Cordia sarmentosa Lam., Tab. Encycl. Méthod. 1: 422. 1791; illegitimate renaming. Type: Based on Cordia flavescens Aubl.

Oreodaphne commutata Nees, Syst. Laur. 428. 1836. Type: French Guiana. J. Martin s.n. (holotype B "ex P" [photos neg. F-3643, MO!, US!; scan!]; isotypes B [2 sheets, scans!], K, P! [2 sheets, scans!] and as " Martin 20 " P! [scan!]

Lithocardium flavescens (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977. 1891. Type: Based on Cordia flavescens Aubl.

Gerascanthus flavescens (Aubl.) Borhidi, Acta Bot. Hung. 34(3-4): 400. 1988. Type: Based on Cordia flavescens Aubl.

Note.

The holotype of Oreodaphne commutata can be seen at http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=47688&idThumb=253360&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0, and the Paris isotypes at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/colweb/request.do?requestaction=exec; the lectotype of Cordia flavescens at http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/bm000993950, and its Stockholm isotype at http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/s04-2350?history=true.