Garcinia mangostana Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 443. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G)
Jarvis, Charlie
Garcinia mangostana Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 443. 1753
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Clusiaceae
Garcinia
Plantae
Malpighiales
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Tracheophyta
species
mangostana
Garcinia mangostanaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 443. 1753.
"Habitat in Java." RCN: 3440.
Lectotype(Hammel in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg.127: 48. 1993): [icon] " Mangostans" in Garcin in Philos. Trans. 38(431): 232, unnumbered plate. 1734.
Generitypeof GarciniaLinnaeus.
Note: D'Arcy(in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.67: 998. 1981) and Smith ( Fl. Vitiensis Nova2: 347. 1981) both suggested unseen Clifford material as a suitable type, but none is in existence.