Ocotea loretensis 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.490.3.9
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F61831-FFE7-2739-1DD3-BAEFFF5AD2B5
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Ocotea loretensis P.L.R.Moraes
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Ocotea loretensis P.L.R.Moraes , nom. nov.

Replaced name:— Ocotea alata van der Werff (1991: 416) , nom. illeg., non Ocotea alata Givulescu (1975: 173 , pl. 6, fig. 4; pl. 12, figs. 6–7).

Type:— PERU. Loreto, Maynas, Mishana , Río Nanay halfway between Iquitos and Santa María de Nanay, 140 m, 12–13 January 1983, fl. ♀, A. H. Gentry et al. 39447 (holotype, MO barcode MO-247526) .

Etymology and Distribution:—The species is known from a few collections predominantly gathered from the Department of Loreto, Peru, and it is also registered for the Basin of Alto Juruá, Rio Tarauacá, 08º26’56”S, 71º20’56”W, state of Acre, Brazil.