- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21446-1
- Publication
- Plantae Asiaticae Rariores: or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants. London
- Collation
- 2(8): 70
- Date of Publication
- 6 Sep 1831
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Lauraceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- Designated Type: M. odoratissimus Nees (Laurus indica Lour. 1790, non L. 1753)
- Chosen By
- Kosterm. J. Sci. Res. (Jakarta) 1: 116. 1952 [Sep 1952]
Original Data
- Remarks
- Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 156. {corrected when editing for database}
Remarks
Gender: according to the Shenzhen Code Art. 62.2( c), compound generic names with ‘-chilus’ ending have masculine gender. However, Machilus is not a Greek or Latin name. Nees ascribed the genus name to Rumphius (Herb. Amboin. 3: 69-70. 1743); on p. 69, Rumphius mentioned that the name Machilus was derived from the Indonesian vernacular names (e.g., Makelan, Makila, Makilan, and Marela). Nees (1831) published the genus name as masculine but he (Syst. Laur. 674. 1836) switched to treating it as feminine. However, one may apply Art. 62.3 and accept masculine gender