A new combination in Ocotea Aubl. and notes on the nomenclatural status of two new names recently proposed in Lauraceae Author Kottaimuthu, Ramalingam text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-06-19 600 1 52 54 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.600.1.7 journal article 56373 10.11646/phytotaxa.600.1.7 32fe4b32-e33d-4988-8b3f-e88fbf50b6f9 1179-3163 8054201 Ocotea alaris Doweld (2018: 83) Ocotea alata van der Werff (1991: 416) nom. illeg. , non O. alata Givulescu (1975: 173) Ocotea loretensis Moraes (2021: 298) , nom. illeg. , nom. superfl. Type: PERU . Loreto : Maynas , Mishana , Río Nanay halfway between Iquitos and Santa María de Nanay , upland forest on withe sand, 12–13 Jan 1983 , (fl), Gentry et al. 39447 ( holotype , MO, MO-247526, digital image!) . Distribution:Peru (van der Werff 1991 , POWO 2023 ).