Taxonomic treatment on Garcinia sopsopia (Section Brindonia, Clusiaceae) in Thailand, with a new synonym and three lectotypifications of its synonyms

2025/03/26 by Chatchai Ngernsaengsaruay, Pichet Chanton, Weereesa Boonthasak +2 · 1 voice · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.254.147960

openalex publication_date 2025/03/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Garcinia sopsopia belongs to the section Brindonia in the family Clusiaceae. The fruits, young shoots and leaves are edible and have a sour taste. Morphological description and illustrations are provided, along with notes on distribution, habitats and ecology, phenology, a preliminary conservation assessment, etymology, vernacular names, uses and specimens examined. Garcinia mckeaniana is a newly-synonymised name under G. sopsopia . Three synonyms of G. sopsopia are here lectotypified, including G. paniculata , G. rhumicowa and G. mckeaniana .

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• Garcinia mckeaniana is now considered a synonym of Garcinia sopsopia, with three synonyms lectotypified in a new taxonomic update from Thailand. doi.org/10.3897/phyt... [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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