Nomenclature : nom. utique rej.! Voir proposition de Rijckevorsel (Taxon, 54(2):
557. 2005), et les rapports des différents comités acceptant cette proposition (Brummitt, Taxon 56(2):
592. 2007; Barrie, Taxon 60(4):
1211. 2011; McNeill
et al., Taxon 60(5):
1511. 2011).
Type : "3
Cedrus foliis alternis [...]
Arbor excelsa Coryli folio ampliore. Houst. Mss. [...] The third Sort [of
Cedrus, i.e.
Cedrela] was discovered by the late Dr Houstoun at Campeachy, from whence he sent Seeds to England, which succeeded in several Gardens; when the Doctor first observed these Trees, they were destitute of Leaves, but were loaded with ripe Fruits; and on his second Visit to the Place he found the Trees in full Verdure, but no Appearance of Flowers, so he was at a Lofs to know what Genus it belonged to; but as the Fruit of the Trees agrees exactly with those of the two former Species, so I have ventured to join it to them." [Miller, Gard. Dict. (ed. 8)
Cedrus n. 3 [
ici]. 1757].
Mexique, Yucatán, Campeche, 1730-1731, fleurs, "
Coryli folio arbor C[ampeachy] MSS'", W. Houston s.n. (NT: BM [désigné par Mabberley, Gard. Bull. Singapore, 54(2):
254. 2002]).
D'après Mabberley (Gard. Bull. Singapore, 54(2):
254. 2002): "In his description, first printed in ed. 7 (1757) of his Gardeners Dictionary, Miller made no mention of flowers, strongly suggesting that this Houstoun specimen was not taken into account when the description was originally drawn up - indeed, if it had been, Miller would no doubt not have named it as he did !"
