Diospyros sakalavarum H.Perrier

Schatz, George E. & Lowry Ii, Porter P., 2011, Nomenclatural notes on Malagasy Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae), Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 271-281 : 279

41. Diospyros sakalavarum H.Perrier

Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar, sér. B, 4: 132 (1952). — Lectotype (here designated): Perrier 8779 ( P! [ P00573629 ]; iso-, P! [ P00573628 ]).

Diospyros sakalavarum H.Perrier var. mollifolia H.Perrier, Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar, sér. B, 4: 132 (1952), syn. nov. — Lectotype (here designated): Perrier 1408 (incorrectly cited as Perrier 3780 in the protologue) (P! [ P00573726 ]; iso-, P! [ P00573725 , P00573727 ]).

Diospyros sakalavarum H.Perrier var. tulearensis H.Perrier, Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar, sér. B, 4: 132 (1952), syn. nov. — Lectotype (here designated): Humbert & Swingle 5279 (P! [ P00573637 ]; iso-, K!, MO!, TEF!).

Perrier 8779 is here chosen as the lectotype of Diospyros sakalavarum H.Perrier instead of the other syntypes (Perrier 4538, Perrier 8780 [incorrectly cited as Perrier 3780 in the protologue], Perrier 8785, Perrier 8800, Service forestier [original series] 32, Service forestier [original series] 57) because it possesses mature fruit and leaves that are an average size for the species. Humbert & Swingle 5279 is here chosen as the lectotype of D. sakalavarum H.Perrier var. tulearensis H.Perrier instead of the other syntypes (Grevé 164, Humbert & Swingle 5069, Perrier 12774, Perrier 16596) because it has widely distributed duplicates.