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Lauraceae

Ocotea

Ocotea foetens (Aiton) Baill.

First published in Hist. Pl. 2: 466 (1870)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Madeira, Canary Islands. It is a Tree and grows primarly in the Subtropical biome(s).

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Canary Is., Madeira

Homotypic Synonyms

Borbonia foetens (Aiton) J.Presl, F.Berchtold & J.S.Presl, Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 57 (1825)
Laurus maderensis Lam., Encycl. 3: 449 (1792), nom. superfl.
Mespilodaphne foetens (Aiton) Meisn., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 511 (1864)
Oreodaphne foetens (Aiton) Nees, Syst. Laur.: 449 (1836)
Persea foetens (Aiton) Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 2: 268 (1825)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Laurus till Poir., J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 324 (1813)
Persea foetida Ettingsh., Blatt-Skel. Dikot.: 46 (1861)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.
Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2013). The collections of Lauraceae in the herbarium of Henri Van Heurck (AWH). Plant ecology and evolution 146: 360-383.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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