Lectotypification of Indochinese Ebenaceae published by P. H. Lecomte (1925 - 1930) Author Meeprom, Nattanon School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG 6 6 AS (United Kingdom) and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE (United Kingdom) n.meeprom@pgr.reading.ac.uk Author Utteridge, Timothy Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE (United Kingdom) Author Culham, Alastair School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG 6 6 AS (United Kingdom) Author Puglisi, Carmen Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE (United Kingdom) text Adansonia 2022 3 2022-04-20 44 12 1925 1930 journal article 55866 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a12 aac6328a-62e8-4151-a3d8-f0bb887cc0e3 1639-4798 6483041 Diospyros roi Lecomte Notulae Systematicae 4 (4): 106 ( Lecomte 1928a ) . ACCEPTED NAME. — D. frutescens Blume. TYPES . — Annam . Nhatrang Prov., Mère et l’enfant [= Vietnam . Dak Lak , Mt. Vong Phu , Chu Mu ], 8.XI.1922 , Poilane 5120 ( lecto- , P [ P00721550 ]!, designated here ; isolecto- , P [ P00721551 ]!; VNM [ VNM00015392 ]!) . REMAINING ORIGINAL MATERIAL . — Cochinchina . Chua-Chang [= Vietnam . Dong Nai , Mt. Chua Chan], 31.I.1918 , Chevalier 35874 ( P [ P00721546 ]!) ; Bien Hoa Prov. , Gia-Ray [= Vietnam . Dong Nai , Gia Rai], 12.VII.1919 , Poilane 177 ( P [ P00721547 ]!) ; 1.II.1921 , Poilane 2466 ( NY [ NY00334753 ]!; P [ P00721548 , P00721549 ]!; VNM [ VNM00015391 , VNM00015393 ]!) . NOTES Lecomte (1928a: 108) cited Chevalier 35874 , Poilane 177 and Poilane 2466 from Cochinchina , and Poilane 5120 from Annam as the original material. All cited collections have been located, of which Poilane 5120 is the best preserved collection with three duplicates at P and VNM . Here , we designate the specimen P00721550 , the best preserved sheet, as the lectotype .