New records and typifications for Lauraceae in Singapore 
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Lectotypifications 
Beilschmiedia curtisii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 148 (1910). - TYPE: 
Singapore, Garden Jungle, July 1896, H.N. Ridley 8075 (lectotype K [K001083364], 
designated here; isolectotype SING [SING 0219777]). 
At least two gatherings are mentioned in the original description of Beilschmiedia 
curtisii Gamble (Gamble, 1910: 148): C. Curtis 1015 and H.N. Ridley 8075. As Curtis 
numbered species rather than gatherings, there is no guarantee that all Curtis 1015 
specimens are from the same collection event, despite all having the same locality: 
Government Hill. The Curtis collections are, therefore, not selected for lectotypification. 
As Gamble was working at Kew at the time he described this species, the K specimen 
of H.N. Ridley 8075 is designated here as the lectotype. 
Beilschmiedia perakensis Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 149 (1910). - TYPE: 
[Peninsular Malaysia] Perak, King’s Collector 10026 (lectotype K [K000768677], 
designated here; isolectotypes K [K001098151, K001098153]). 
Several gatherings are mentioned in the original description of Beilschmiedia 
perakensis Gamble (Gamble, 1910: 149): B. Scortechini s.n. and King’s Collector 
8489, 10026 and 10432, which are all very similar. Of these, one of the K specimens 
of King’s Collector 10026 [K000768677] is designated here as the lectotype. 
Cinnamomum subavenium Miq., FI. Ned. Ind. 1: 90 (1858). - TYPE: [Indonesia] 
Sumatra, Solok, J.E. Teijsmann s.n. (lectotype U [U0002677], designated here; 
isolectotypes BO, U [U0002678]). 
Only one gathering is mentioned in the original description of Cinnamomum 
subavenium Miq. (Miquel, 1858: 90): Teijsmann, Sumatra, Solok ‘Madang koelit 
manis’. At U, two sheets collected by Teijsmann have this locality and the same local 
name and sheet number, HB1037. One specimen has a few flowers and a very young 
fruit, while the other is sterile. The fertile specimen, U0002677, is therefore designated 
here as the lectotype. 
Cryptocarya argentea Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 144 (1910). - Cryptocarya 
kurzii var. argentea (Gamble) Airy Shaw, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 535 (1939). - 
TYPE: [Peninsular Malaysia] Perak, Aug 1885, King’s Collector 7966 (lectotype K 
[K001084384], designated here; isolectotypes BM [BM001124600], K [K001084383], 
P [P00745434], SING [SING0059162]). 
