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 decandra Lour. var. laosiana Lecomte Flore générale de l’Indo-Chine 3 (7): 962 ( Lecomte 1930 ) . ACCEPTED NAME. — D. decandra Lour. TYPES . — Me-Kong . Paklai [= Laos . Sainyabuli , Pak Lay ], 1866- 1868, Thorel 3409 ( lecto- , P [ P00721479 ]!, designated here ; isolecto- , VNM [ VNM00015155 ]!) . REMAINING ORIGINAL MATERIAL . — Tonkin . Phrie Nhae , cult. [= Vietnam . <Phrie Nhae>, cultivated], 24.V.1882 , Bon 1588 (NB) ( P [ P00721481 ]!) ; Ke Ja , cult. [= Vietnam . <Ke Ja>, cultivated], 15.V.1886 , Bon 3145 ( TH ) ( P [ P00721482 ]!) . — Cochinchina . Culta ad pagum Go Vap propè Saigon [= Vietnam . Ho Chi Minh City, Go Vap, cultivated], IV.1865 , Pierre 5033 ( L [ L .2665599]!, K [ K001361153 ]!; P [ P00721473 , P00721474 , P00721475 , P00721476 ]!; SING !) . — Me-Kong . Loung-Brabang [= Laos . Luang Prabang ], 1866-1868, Thorel 3409 ( P [ P00721480 ]!) . NOTES Lecomte (1930: 962) cited four sources from three different Indochinese regions: Bon from west Tonkin, Thorel and Poilane from Laos , and Pierre from Southern Cochinchina. We could not locate Poilane material from Laos , and we found two different collections made by Bon , and the Pierre gathering, all from cultivated plants, and Thorel collections from Laos . Here , we designated Thorel 3409 ( P [ P00721379 ]) from Pak Lai , Laos as the lectotype . A third sheet of Thorel 3409 ( P [ P00721380 ]) was collected from Luang Prabang , Laos and is therefore not an isolectotype.