Astropanax kivuensis (Bamps) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin, 2017

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 : 271

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v722a4
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scientific name	Astropanax kivuensis (Bamps) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
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A6. Astropanax kivuensis (Bamps) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin View in CoL , comb. nov.

÷ Schefflera kivuensis Bamps View in CoL in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 41: 251. 1971.

Typus: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Prov. Nord-Kivu: Kikoma, terr. Masisi , 1077 m, 17.II.1959, bud & fl., A. Léonard 3082 (holo-: BR [ BR00886171 ]!; iso-: BR [ BR00886169 , BR00886170 ]!) .

Habitat and distribution. – Astropanax kivuensis is only known from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ( BAMPS, 1974b; APD, 2017), where it has been collected in humid forest at 1,000 -1,700 m elevation.

Notes. – Among the members of the genus with ultimate inflorescence units arranged racemosely, Astropanax kivuensis is distinctive in having 3 orders of inflorescence branching (i.e., panicles of umbellules, with a distinct primary axis), vs. just 2 orders of branching, thus forming racemes of umbellules arising from nothing more than a short primary axis ( BAMPS, 1974a, 1974b).