Garcinia cowa Roxb.
Abstract
Garcinia cowa Roxb. [Hort. Bengal. 42. 1814] ex Choisy, Mém. Nouv. Gen. Guttif.: 17. 1823. ≡ Stalagmitis cowa (Roxb. ex Choisy) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 621. 1831. Type. East Indies [India], s. d., W. Roxburgh s. n. (lectotype: first-step designated by Maheshwari (1964), BR [without barcode]; second-step designated here: BR digital image! [BR 0000005108138]; isolectotypes: BR digital images! [BR 0000006912420, BR 0000006915667]). = Garcinia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Choisy, Mém. Nouv. Gen. Guttif.: 17. 1823; Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1 (5): 28. 1883. — Oxycarpus cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 648. 1790. Type. [Vietnam], Habitat: tam cultus, quam incultus in Cochinchinâ [southern Cochinchina]; noting that the species grows in both cultivated and uncultivated conditions, s. d., J. de Loureiro s. n. (lectotype: designated here, BM digital image! [BM 000611621]; isolectotype: BM digital image! [BM 000611622]), syn. nov. = Oxycarpus gangetica Buch. - Ham., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5. 344. 1824. = Garcinia lanceifolia Wall. [Numer. List: 171. Wallich Cat. 4861 C. 1831, nom. nud.], non Roxb. 1832. = Garcinia roxburghii Wight, Illustr. Ind. Bot. 1: 125. 1840, pro parte. = Garcinia nigrolineata Planch. ex T. Anderson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1 (2): 263. 1874; Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1 (5): 29, t. 81 F. 1883. Type. Peninsular Malaysia, Malacca, s. d., W. Griffith 854 (Distributed at Kew, 1861–1862) (lectotype: designated here, K! [K 000677662]; isolectotypes: CAL digital image! [CAL 0000005801], GH digital image! [GH 00067491], L digital image! [L 2417126], P! [P 04701603], W digital image! [W-0073380], syn. nov. = Garcinia loureiroi Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1 (5): 28, t. 66. 1883. Type. [Vietnam], Culta ad pagum Cây bé austro gallicae Cochinchinae [cultivated near the village of Cây bé in southern Cochinchina], 20 Feb 1869, J. B. L. Pierre 420 (lectotype: designated here, P digital image! [P 05061502]; isolectotypes: P digital images! [P 05061498, P 05061501, P 05061503]). = Garcinia fusca Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 1 (5): 28, t. 67. 1883. Type. [Vietnam], ad flumen Saigon gallicae austro Cochinchinae [the banks of the Saigon River], 18 Apr 1866, J. B. L. Pierre 3622 (lectotype: designated here, K! [K 000742484]; isolectotypes: BM! [BM 001191365], L digital images! [L 0700338, L 0700339], S digital image! [S 11-34587]), syn. nov. = Garcinia kunstleri King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 59 (2): 165. 1890. Type. Peninsular Malaysia, Perak, Tapa, s. d., L. Wray 328 (lectotype: designated here, CAL digital image! [CAL 0000005872]; isolectotype: CAL digital image! [CAL 0000005873]). = Garcinia plena Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924 (3): 85. 1924; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1 (1): 117. 1925. Type. Thailand, Nan, Ban Tiu, 4 Mar 1921, A. F. G. Kerr 5007 (lectotype: designated here, K! [K 000677703]; isolectotypes: BK! [BK 257947], BM! [BM 000611604]), syn. nov.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
Plant Diversity and Evolution
Linguistic and Cultural Studies
Publication details
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026