Olax boiviniana Baill.

Rogers, Zachary S., Malécot, Valéry & Sikes, Kendra G., 2006, A synoptic revision of Olax L. (Olacaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, Adansonia (3) 28 (1), pp. 71-100 : 96-97

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186864
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E187E9-F611-FFFF-1B40-3F01487EF96B
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scientific name	Olax boiviniana Baill.
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Treatment

Adansonia View in CoL 3: 121 (1862), as “ Olax View in CoL ? boiviniana ”. — Type: Madagascar, without precise locality, 1846, Bernier & Boivin s. n .

FIG. 9. — Distribution of Olax species : O. capuronii View in CoL (▲); O. madagascariensis View in CoL (●); O. mayottensis View in CoL (+).

REMARKS

We have been unable to find any mention of Olax boiviniana Baill. in the literature since the name was first published by Baillon (1862). Moreover, no potential original material for the name has been located in our searches of relevant herbaria. The specimen mentioned in the protologue was sterile judging from the description, which only included a brief account of the branches and leaves. Baillon described the branches as puberulent, which indicates that the collection probably did not belong to Olax because all known Malagasy species have completely glabrous vegetative organs.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Santalales
Family	Olacaceae
Genus	Olax