Notes on the taxonomic status and typification of Cinnamomum tazia and Cinnamomum pauciflorum (Lauraceae)

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  • Tapas Chakrabarty 4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah 711 103, West Bengal, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7245-0946
  • Anand Kumar Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanical Garden, Howrah 711 103, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/tcb.9460

Keywords:

Cinnamomum, East Himalayas, Indo-Bangladesh, misidentification, lectotypification, re-instatement

Abstract

Cinnamomum pauciflorum Nees, wrongly synonymized under C. tazia (Buch.-Ham.) Kosterm. ex M.Gangop., is re-instated to specific rank. The latter name is treated as a synonym of C. tamala (Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees & C.H. Eberm. The names C. pauciflorum, Laurus tazia Buch.-Ham. (basionym of C. tazia) and Laurus recurvata Roxb. (synonym of C. pauciflorum) have been lectotypified.

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Published

13-05-2026

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026)

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Research Communications

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