Typification of the name Litsea mackeei (nee Lauraceae) and its reassignment to the synonymy of Osmanthus austrocaledonicus var. austrocaledonicus (Oleaceae)

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Phytotaxa

137-143 nomenclature New Caledonia NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 2017

fdi:010071915

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Phytotaxa

1179-3155

ISI:000417892900013

10.11646/phytotaxa.331.1.13

https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071915

https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers18-01/010071915.pdf

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The protologue of Litsea mackeei states that its holotype is at P. However, two specimens bearing the type number appear to exist at P, the second specimen belonging to a species different from the first and bearing as well a label with a different collection number. Fortunately, a clear indication of which plant Kostermans was describing is provided by his handwritten annotation of the isotype at L. A lectotype is therefore chosen, the name is synonymized with Osmanthus austrocaledonicus var. austrocaledonicus and the origin of this unlikely error is discussed. 076 UR123