Lepidocupania gracilipes (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry

Buerki, Sven, Munzinger, Jérôme, Lowry Ii, Porter P. & Callmander, Martin W., 2020, Two new genera of Sapindaceae (Cupanieae) from the southern Pacific: Lepidocupania and Neoarytera, Candollea 75 (2), pp. 269-284 : 276

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2020v752a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6314563
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D1503E49-FFB8-FFD4-FC88-FD30FA61FA9E
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Lepidocupania gracilipes (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lepidocupania gracilipes (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry View in CoL , comb. nov.

≡ Arytera gracilipes Radlk. View in CoL in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 38. 1924.

Lectotypus (designated by TURNER, 1995: 181): NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Nord: “ montagnes de Panloïtch , près Gatop ”, s.d., Vieillard 2403 ( K [ K000701494 ]!; isolecto-: FI [FI010518]!, NY [ NY00038712 , NY00038713 ]!, M [ M0225444 ] image seen, P [ P00639134 , P00639135 , P 00639136 , P 00639137 , P 00639138 , P 05310259 , P05310260 ]!).

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania gracilipes is endemic to Grande Terre, where it grows in gallery forest, continuous tall maquis (“maquis paraforestier”, see MCCOY et al., 1999 for details), and thickets on (rocky) serpentine terrain, and sometimes along streams on alluvium ( TURNER, 1995). It seems to be restricted to serpentine, hyper-magnesium brown soils. The species has been recorded from sea level to 600 m.

References

Abbreviations

K	Royal Botanic Gardens
FI	Natural History Museum
NY	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden
M	Botanische Staatssammlung München
P	Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants