Ocotea madagascariensis Palacky
Creators: name: Werff, Henk Van Der
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Laurales
Lauraceae
Ocotea
Ocotea madagascariensis

description: 22. <i>Ocotea madagascariensis</i> (Meissner) Palacký (Fig. 10) <i>Catalogus plantarum madagascariensium</i> 2: 9 (1907). <i>Mespilodaphne madagascariensis</i> Meissner, <i>Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis</i> 15: 105 (1864). — Typus: Madagascar, <i>Bernier 69</i> (syn-, MO, NY, P [P00541563, P00541564, P00541565]). <i>Mespilodaphne bernieri</i> Baillon, <i>Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Paris</i> 1: 453 (1885). <i>Ocotea bernieri</i> (Baillon) Palacký, <i>Catalogus</i> <i>plantarum madagascariensium</i> 2: 9 (1907). — Typus: <b>Madagascar</b>, S. Maria, <i>Bernier 69</i> (syn-, MO, NY, P[P00541563, P00541564, P00541565]), <i>Boivin 1731</i> (syn-, P [P00541636]). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Toamasina. Île Sainte Marie, <i>Bernier 69</i> (MO, P); same location, <i>Boivin 1731</i> (P), Antsiranana. Parc National de Masoala, forêt d’Antanandavahely, <i>Rahajasoa et al. 772</i> (MO, P[P02008093]). PHENOLOGY. — Fruiting: August. VERNACULAR NAME. — Voane sila. DESCRIPTION Large trees. Twigs angular, glabrous; terminal buds glabrous. Leaves 6-16 × 3-7 cm, alternate or somewhat clustered, stiffly chartaceous, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, base acute often lamina shortly decurrent on the petiole, apex obtuse; lateral veins inconspicuous, 6-8; upper surface smooth, lower surface with rather lax, raised reticulation; margin often slightly inrolled; domatia lacking. Flowers unknown. Infructescences 3-4 cm long. Fruits not seen. Cupule deeply cup-shaped, 1.8 cm wide, 1 cm deep, with persistent tepals. REMARKS <i>Ocotea madagascariensis</i> is only known from the two older collections cited above and one recent collection, all in fruit. The glabrous, somewhat clustered, obovate-elliptic leaves with raised reticulation allow identification. Flowers are not yet known. Kostermans cited several other collections under this species, but these specimens differ in characters as venation type and indument from the syntypes and I exclude them from <i>Ocotea madagascariensis</i>. Meissner (1864) did not cite specimens in his description of <i>Mespilodaphne madagascariensis</i>. He gave a description of cupules and fruits and stated he had seen material in P and G. In the Paris herbarium are two collections that predate Meissner’s description, <i>Bernier 69</i> and a <i>Boivin</i> collection without a number. The <i>Boivin</i> collection is sterile, while the <i>Bernier</i> collection has detached cupules matching Meissner’s description. Therefore, I accept <i>Bernier 69</i> as the type collection of <i>M. madagascariensis</i>. None of the Bernier specimens in Paris is annotated as <i>Mespilodaphne madagascariensis</i>. Therefore, the six specimens of <i>Bernier 69</i> in P and the MO specimen recently received from P should all be considered syntypes. Because all specimens of <i>Bernier 69</i> clearly belong to the same species, I see no reason to designate a lectotype.
description: Published as part of <i>Werff, Henk Van Der, 2013, A revision of the genus Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, pp. 235-279 in Adansonia (3) (3) 35 (2)</i> on page 261, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n2a5, http://zenodo.org/record/5206484
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