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Lindera malaccensis Hoolc.f., FI. Brit. India [J.D. Hooker] 5: 183 (1886). - TYPE: 
‘Peninsular Malaysia and Birma’, W. Griffith [Kew Distribution no.] 4297 (lectotype 
K [K000815598], designated here). 
Several gatherings are mentioned in the original description of Lindera malaccensis 
Hook.f. (Hooker, 1886: 183): W. Griffith [Kew Distribution no. 4297]; A.C. Maingay 
1988 [Kew Distribution no. 1257]; A.C. Maingay 3095 [Kew Distribution no. 1257]; 
A.C. Maingay 1781 [Kew Distribution no. 1257]; A.C. Maingay, [Kew Distribution 
no. 1272]. As Hooker worked at Kew, the K specimens are most suitable for 
lectotypification. Of these, only the Griffith specimen [Kew Distribution no. 4297] has 
the characteristic card with flower dissections, notes and signature of Gamble and it is 
designated here as the lectotype. 
Litsea accedens (Blume) Boerl., Handl. FI. Ned. Ind. 3: 145 (1900). - Tetranthera 
accedens Blume, Mus. Bot. 1(24): 383 (1851). - TYPE: [Indonesia, Sulawesi] 
Celebes, Tondano, July 1840, E.A. Forsten s.n. (lectotype L [L0036569], designated 
here; isolectotypes L [L0036568, L0036570]). 
In the orginal description of Tetranthera accedens Blume (Blume, 1851) no mention 
is made of any collectors or numbers but two localities are given: Borneo and Celebes. 
It appears that he was referring to the following gatherings: Korthals s.n. from Borneo 
[U0002782] and Forsten s.n. from Tondano (now in Sulawesi Utara), collected in July 
1840 [L0036568, L0036569, L0036570]. Most of these collections are sterile. The one 
Forsten gathering with flowers, L0036569, is designated here as the lectotype. 
Litsea amara Blume var. attenuata Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 75: 142 (1912). - 
TYPE: [Peninsular Malaysia] Malacca, Batu Tiga, 1892, R. Derry 990 (lectotype K 
[K000797034], designated here; isolectotypes BM, SING [SING0229216]). 
There are ten gatherings mentioned in the original description of Litsea amara Blume 
var. attenuata Gamble (Gamble, 1912: 142): H.N. Ridley 2265, 9473, 13781; King’s 
Collector 4614, 8750, 10142; Burn-Murdoch 4; A.C. Maingay 1266, 1278; R. Derry 
990. These are all very similar to one another and as Gamble was working at K the 
time, the K specimen of R. Derry 990 is designated here as the lectotype. 
Litsea gracilis Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 317 (1910). - TYPE: [Peninsular 
Malaysia] Perak, Ulu Temango, July 1909, H.N. Ridley 14603 (lectotype 
K [K000797038], designated here; isolectotypes K [K000797039], SING 
[SING0055927]). 
