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Issue: Vol. 490 No. 2: 12 March 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.490.2.5
Page range: 191–196
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic reinstatement of Garcinia conicarpa Wight (Clusiaceae)

1. Garden Management, Education, Information and Training Division Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institut, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram- 695 562, Kerala, India; 2. 1. ICAR- Central Tobacco Research Institute, Dindigul- 624 710, Tamil Nadu, India
Garden Management, Education, Information and Training Division Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institut, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram- 695 562, Kerala, India;
1.Garden Management, Education, Information and Training Division Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institut, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram- 695 562, Kerala, India; 2.M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Wayanad Kerala- 673 577, India
Clusiaceae endemic Garcinia India Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

Based on the literature survey, examintion of types, and the rules of ICN, we recognize Garcinia conicarpa as the legitimate name and the species status is reinstated. The taxon has distinctive morphological characters to be treated as a species rather than a variety of Garcinia gummi-gutta. Detailed description showing distinctiveness, photographs and notes on distribution is provided. IUCN conservation status based on the field study is also discussed.