Ocotea helicterifolia (Meisn.) Hemsl.

First published in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 73 (1882)
This name is a synonym of Ocotea macrophylla

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902. [Cited as Ocotea macrophylla.]
  • van der Werff, H. (2014). Studies in Andean Ocotea (Lauraceae) III. Species with hermaphroditic flowers and moderately pubescent or glabrous leaves occuring above 1000 m in altitude. Novon 23: 336-380. [Cited as Ocotea macrophylla.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438. [Cited as Ocotea helicterifolia.]
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Ocotea helicterifolia.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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