Gossia clusioides subsp. tiebaghiensis N. Snow, 2020

Snow, Neil, 2020, A revision of New Caledonian Gossia N. Snow & Guymer (Myrtaceae), Adansonia 42 (7), pp. 131-177 : 151

Gossia clusioides subsp. tiebaghiensis N. Snow , subsp. nov. ( Figs 7 ; 8H )

Leaf blades flat, 9.5-18.0 × 3.0- 6.5 cm, narrowly elliptic. Inflorescence 5.0- 6.5 cm.

TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre , North Prov. , Dôme de Tiébaghi (Pente ouest), 400 m, 25.IV.1976, MacKee 31129 (holo-, P [ P00402733 ]; iso-, NOU [ NOU030917 ]) .

PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre , North Prov. , Pente sud-ouest du Dôme de Tiebaghi, 300-500 m, 9.V.1966, MacKee 14935 ( BISH, CHR n.v., MO, P[P02089851], WELTU n.v.) ; Massif de Tiébaghi , c. 12 air-km NW of Koumac, 8.XI.1980, McPherson 3323 ( BISH, BRI n.v., MO[ MO-3225918 ], NOU [ NOU029550 ]) .

REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P00402733.

ETYMOLOGY. — From the type locality.

DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Massif de Tiébaghi ( Fig. 7 ); in creekside forests and degraded maquis over ultramafics, c. 300- 500 m. Flowering April; fruiting April through November.

Figures

FIG. 7. — Distribution map for subspecies of Gossia clusioides (Brongn. & Gris) N. Snow.

FIG. 8. — Typical leaf morphology for most subspecies of Gossia clusioides (Brongn. & Gris) N. Snow: A, G. c. subsp. bleuensis N. Snow., subsp. nov., with narrowly elliptic, bullate blades; B, G. c. subsp. maoyana N. Snow, subsp. nov., blades relatively narrow and bullate but longer than those of subsp. bleuensis; C, D, G. c. subsp. callmanderiana N. Snow, subsp. nov., blades elliptic and flat; E, G. c. subsp. rembaiensis N. Snow, subsp. nov.; F, G. c. subsp. clusioides; G, G. c. subsp. subsp. taomensis N. Snow, subsp. nov.; H, G. c. subsp. tiebaghiensis N. Snow, subsp. nov. Vouchers: A, McPherson 4001 (BISH); B, Dawson 16603 (WELTU)); C, Jaffré 1275 (BISH); D, Virot 1537 (BISH); E, McPherson 5083 (BISH); F, MacKee 25608 (NOU); G, Veillon 4828 (NOU); H, McPherson 3323 (NOU). Scale bar: 2 cm.