Validation of the 'estam. pasan de treinta' of Hopea plagata (Blanco) Vidal
2017
Gutierrez, H.G.
The preconceived determinations by Merrill and Foxworthy of Hopea plagata (Blanco) Vidal having only 15 stamens is hereby elucidated with collections of two specimens made by D.P. Miranda, in Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, in 1914 and H.G. Gutierrez, in Luzon, in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Isabela, San Mariano, Disulap, April-May, 1961; in buds (Merrill 1923), and in flower, respectively. Foxworthy (1938) described a specimen, collected by Loher, with 15 stamens ('Blanco says 30') and tomentose ovary, and designated it to represent Blanco's species. While Merrill says, Blanco's 'is just a figment of the old man's imagination.'The more than 30 stamens of Blanco is right! The predeterminations of Merrill and Foxworthy, as having only 15 stamens, are absurd! A neotype of Hopea plagata (Blanco) Vidal is herewith designated which is H.G. Gutierrez 61-224 (PNH78186!), Philippines, Luzon, Isabela Provnce, San Mariano, Bo. Disulap, Sierra Madre mountains, April-May 1961, in flower.
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