MAGNOLIACEAE 



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MAGNOLIACEAE 



MICH ELI A Linnaeus 



MICHELIA CHAMPACA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 536. 

 Michelia suaveolens Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 94. 

 Michelia parviflora DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 449? (type!). 

 Michelia caerulea DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 449? (type!). 

 Michelia blumei Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2 (1841) 139. 

 Michelia euonymoides Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 124, p. p. 

 Sampacca domestica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 199, t. 67. 

 Sampacca II parviflora Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 200? 

 Sampacca Ml coerulea Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 200? 



The common champaca is not represented in our Amboina 

 collections. Sampacca domestica was described and figured by 

 Rumphius from cultivated specimens and is certainly typical 

 Michelia champaca Linn. It was first reduced by Linnaeus, in 

 Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 10, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 121; 

 while in the Systema, ed. 10 (1759) 1082, Sampacca silvestris 

 Rumph., 1. c. t. 68, is added ; see below under Michelia tsiampacca 

 Linn. Michelia suaveolens Pers. is merely a new name for M. 

 champaca Linn., while M. blumei Steud. was proposed as a new 

 name for Michelia champaca Blume, which, however, is typical 

 M. champaca Linn. The doubtful synonyms mentioned above, 

 both of de Candolle and of Rumphius, must await further 

 exploration of the Malayan region before they can be definitely 

 placed. Michelia parviflora DC. was based wholly on Sampacca 

 parviflora Rumph., which is very briefly described by Rumphius 

 from Ternate specimens as being similar to his Sampacca 

 domestica, but with smaller flowers ; it is probably merely a form 

 of M. champaca Linn. Michelia caerulea DC. was based wholly 

 on Sampacca coerulea Rumph., also very briefly described from 

 Javan specimens similar to Sampacca domestica, but with bluish 

 flowers; the Javan name cited is tsjampacca biru, and it is 

 probably merely a form of the common Michelia champaca Linn. 



MICHELIA ALBA DC. Syst. 1 (1818) 449 (type!). 

 Michelia longifolia Blume Bijdr. (1825) 7. 

 Sampacca domestica IV alba Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 200. 



Michelia alba DC. was based wholly on Sampacca alba Rumph,, 

 which in turn was described from the white-flowered cultivated 

 form known in Java as tsjampacca puti. Michelia longifolia 

 Blume is unquestionably the same form, but de Candolle's name 

 is the older and is here retained. 



