Astropanax abyssinicus

Lowry Ii, Porter P., Plunkett, Gregory M., Gostel, Morgan R. & Frodin, David G., 2017, A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia, Candollea 72 (2), pp. 265-282 : 268

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https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v722a4

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scientific name

Astropanax abyssinicus
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A1. Astropanax abyssinicus View in CoL (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Seem. in J. Bot. 3: 177. 1865.

÷ Aralia abyssinica Hochst. View in CoL ex A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 336. 1848. ÷ Schefflera abyssinica View in CoL (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III(8): 38. 1894. ÷ Sciodaphyllum abyssinicum View in CoL (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 26. 1863. ÷ Heptapleurum abyssinicum View in CoL (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Vatke in Linnaea 40: 191. 1876.

Lectotypus (designated here): ETHIOPIA. Prov. Tigray: Mt. Scholoda, 11.VI.1837, fr., Schimper 283 ( P [ P00466317 ]!; isolecto-: BM [ BM000902775 , BM000902776 ]!, BR [ BR08860958 ]!, FI!, HAL [ HAL0117394 About HAL ] image seen, HOH [HOH-009899, HOH-009890] images seen, JE [ JE00000511 ] image seen, K [ K000350399 ]!, L [ L0008492 , L0008493 , L0008494 , L0008495 ]!, M [ M00095801 , M00104947 , M00104948 ] images seen, MPU [ MPU023965 About MPU , MPU023966 About MPU ] images seen, NY [ NY00274565 ]!, OXF!, P [ P00466316 , P00466318 ]!, TUB [ TUB003050 About TUB , TUB003051 About TUB , TUB003052 About TUB , TUB003053 About TUB ] images seen, WAG [ WAG00000241 About WAG ] image seen) .

= Paratropia elata Hook. f. View in CoL in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 196. 1864. ÷ Astropanax elatus (Hook. f.) Seem. View in CoL in J. Bot. 3: 177. 1865. ÷ Sciodaphyllum elatum (Hook. f.) Seem. View in CoL in J. Bot. 3: 267. 1865. ÷ Heptapleurum elatum (Hook.f.) Hiern View in CoL in Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 30. 1877. ÷ Schefflera hookeriana Harms View in CoL in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III(8): 38. 1894 [non S. elata View in CoL (Buch.-Ham.) Harms]. Lectotypus (designated here): CAMEROON. Southwest Region: Mt. Cameroon, II.1862, bud, Mann 1181 (K [K00350377]!; isolecto-: K [K00350376, K00350378]!).

= Schefflera acutifoliolata De Wild. View in CoL in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 8: 14. 1920. Lectotypus (designated here): DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Prov. Nord-Kivu: Ruwenzori , Lamia, ± 2000 m, s.d., fl., Bequaert 4310 (BR [ BR00886094 ]!; isolecto-: BR [ BR00886078 ]!).

Diversity and distribution. – Astropanax abyssinicus View in CoL occurs in mid- to high-altitude humid forest, gallery forest, and forestgrassland transition areas, from 1,450 to 2,800 m elevation, and ranges from Ethiopia south to Zambia and Malawi in eastern Africa, as well as in disjunct populations well to the west in Cameroon ( BAMPS, 1974b; APD, 2017).

Notes. – Aralia abyssinica was based on three specimens at P, one of which has an original label in Richard’s handwriting and has therefore been chosen as the lectotype .

Among the three specimens at Kew on which Hooker based Paratropia elata , two bear original labels, one of which has a leaf and the other a full inflorescence in bud. We have selected the second of these as the lectotype.

Schefflera acutifoliolata was based on two specimens at BR, one of which is more complete, comprising an inflorescence and leaf, and has therefore been selected as the lectotype .

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

BM

Bristol Museum

BR

Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection

FI

Natural History Museum

HAL

Martin-Luther-Universität

HOH

Universität Hohenheim (210)

JE

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

MPU

Université Montpellier 2

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

OXF

University of Oxford

TUB

Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

WAG

Wageningen University

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Astropanax

Loc

Astropanax abyssinicus

Lowry Ii, Porter P., Plunkett, Gregory M., Gostel, Morgan R. & Frodin, David G. 2017
2017
Loc

Aralia abyssinica

Prantl 1894: 38
Vatke 1876: 191
1894
Loc

Paratropia elata

Prantl 1894: 38
Hook. f. 1877: 30
Seem. 1865: 177
Seem. 1865: 267
Hook. f. 1864: 196
1864
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