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OSBECKIA CHINENSIS L. AND O. ZEYLANICA L.f. (MELASTOMATACEAE)
Author(s) -
Hansen C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219171
Subject(s) - confusion , melastomataceae , biology , botany , psychology , psychoanalysis
Summary Mainly on the basis of the correspondence between Linnaeus and Osbeck in 1752, I point out that contrary to some recently published opinions, specimens brought by Osbeck, and not the figure of E. maderaspatana , are the types of O. chinensis; subsequently the species is typified. To avoid further confusion due to the rather poor differential characters of O. chinensis and zeylanica in most writings, a set of valuable differential characters is given.