New records and typifications for Lauraceae in Singapore 
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In their paper dealing with the species of Litsea from Thailand, Ngernsaengsaraay et al. 
(2011: 70) selected Ridley 4706 at K as the lectotype of L. machilifolia. However, six 
years before, Ng (2005: 238), in his paper dealing with the species from Borneo, had 
already selected a different specimen (Penang, Curtis 795 at SING) as the lectotype 
for this name. There are, however, two sheets at SING with this number and locality: 
Penang, Moniot Road, April 1886, Curtis 795 [SING 0055932] with flowers, and 
Penang, Moniot Road, July 1886, Curtis 795 [SING 0068773] with fruits. As only one 
of these can serve as the type, and as fruits are more important than flowers in species 
recognition within Litsea , the fruiting specimen is designated here in a second step 
lectotypification (see McNeill et al., 2012: Art. 9.17, Ex. 12). 
Litsea machilifolia Gamble var. angustifolia Gamble, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 75: 172 
(1912). - TYPE: [Peninsular Malaysia] Perak, Larut, Nov. 1884, King ’s Collector 6815 
(lectotype K designated here; isolectotypes SING [SING0229214, SING0229215]). 
In his description of this variety, Gamble (1912: 172) mentioned t hir teen very s im ilar 
separate gatherings, for which there are often duplicates in several other herbaria. As 
Gamble was working at K when he wrote his paper, the K specimen of Kings Collector 
6815 is designated here as the lectotype. 
Litsea megacarpa Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 364 (1910). - TYPE: Singapore, 
at Toas, 1894, H.N. Ridley 6456 (lectotype K, designated here; isolectotypes BM, 
SING [SING0013205]) 
Twenty very similar gatherings, for which there are often duplicates in several herbaria, 
were cited by Gamble when he published the name Litsea megacarpa (Gamble, 1910: 
364-365): Curtis 2511; Wray 2337, 2730; Scortechini 265, 270, 589; King’s Collector 
3697, 6076, 6124, 6155, 6237, 6409, 6567, 6613, 6689, 6774, 6866, 7204; Ridley 6455 
and 7621. As Gamble was working at K when he wrote this paper, the K specimen 
of the gathering from Singapore, Toas, 1894, Ridley 6456 is designated here as the 
lectotype. 
Litsea pustulata Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 359 (1910). - TYPE: [Peninsular 
Malaysia] Perak, Larut, Nov. 1883, King’s Collector5140 (lectotype K [K0000797089], 
designated here; isolectotype K). 
Several morphologically very similar gatherings were mentioned in the original 
description of Litsea pustulata by Gamble (1910: 359-360): King’s Collector 2544, 
3418 and 5140. The specimen with the most fruits of King’s Collector 5140 housed at 
K is designated here as the lectotype. 
