Some nomenclatural adjustments in the Commelinaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Lauraceae, Rubiaceae, Sapotaceae, and Zingiberaceae of the Malay Peninsula

Abstract

The following new combinations are provided for the flora of the Malay Peninsula: Amischotolype griffithii (C. B. Clarke) I. M. Turner, Amischotolype irritans (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Amischotolype monosperma (C. B. Clarke) I. M. Turner, Molineria latifolia (Dryander) Kurz var. megacarpa (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Litsea ochracea (Blume) Boerlage var. oblanceolata (Gamble) I. M. Turner, Litsea umbellata (Loureiro) Merrill var. fuscotomentosa (Meisner) I. M. Turner, Coptophyllum sylvestre (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Spermacoce pilulifera (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Spermacoce parviceps (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Pouteria glabra (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Alpinia malaccensis (Burman) Roscoe var. nobilis (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Alpinia vitellina (Lindley) Ridley var. cannaefolia (Ridley) I. M. Turner, Etlingera maingayi (Baker) R. M. Smith var. longibracteata (Holttum) I. M. Turner, Etlingera metriochilos (Griffith) R. M. Smith var. rubrostriata (Holttum) I. M. Turner, Etlingera metriochilos var. major (Holttum) I. M. Turner, Etlingera metriochilos var. petiolata (Holttum) I. M. Turner, and Etlingera metriochilos var. grandiflora (Holttum) I. M. Turner. In order to bring the nomenclature for the flora of the Malay Peninsula into line with modern systematic treatments for a forthcoming checklist, it is necessary to introduce a number of new combinations at specific and varietal levels in the commelinaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Lauracede, Rubiaceae, Sapotaceae, and Zingiberaceae.