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Issue: Vol. 606 No. 1: 26 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.606.1.3
Page range: 29-42
Abstract views: 178
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A revision of the genus Phoebe (Lauraceae) in the Indo-Burmese region

Botanical Garden Lane; Howrah – 711 103; West Bengal; India.; Central National Herbarium; Botanical Survey of India; Howrah – 711 103; West Bengal; India.
Central National Herbarium; Botanical Survey of India; Howrah – 711 103; West Bengal; India.
Central National Herbarium; Botanical Survey of India; Howrah – 711 103; West Bengal; India.
Indian subcontinent lectotypification new synonym taxonomy

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the genus Phoebe Nees is presented for the Indo-Burmese region including Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Eight species are recognized, keyed out and treated with references, type citations, synonymy, flowering and fruiting periods, local names and uses, habitat, distribution and the specimens examined. Eight taxa, namely Ocotea paniculata var. minor Nees, Phoebe baishyae M.Gangop., P. cooperiana P.C.Kanjilal & Das, P. lummaoensis M.Gangop., P. palghatensis M.Gangop., P. pallida subsp. borii M.Gangop., P. prazeri M.Gangop. and P. wightii Meisn. are reduced to synonymy. Lectotypes of 14 names are also designated.

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