Aspidostemon microphyllum Van der Werff, 2006

Werff, Henk Van Der, 2006, A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Aspidostemon Rohwer & Richter (Lauraceae), Adansonia (3) 28 (1), pp. 7-44 : 34-36

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5186799

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scientific name

Aspidostemon microphyllum Van der Werff
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20. Aspidostemon microphyllum Van der Werff , sp. nov. ( Figs 11D View FIG ; 13A View FIG )

Aspidostemoni andohahelensi simile, sed antheris locellis magnis praeditis, foliis minoribus, crassioribus, pagina superiore lucentibus recedit.

TYPUS. — Madagascar. Bay of Antongil , Nosy Mangabe, 15°30’S, 49°46’E, 0-330 m, 2-19. GoogleMaps I.1990, fl., Schatz & Carlson 2925 (holo-, MO; iso-, P, TAN).

PARATYPES. — Madagascar. Taomasina , Masoala Peninsula, south of Ambanizana, [15°38’S, 49°58’E], fr., Vasey & Behasy 104 ( MO, P) GoogleMaps .

DESCRIPTION

Tree, 16 m. Twigs terete, glabrous, lenticellate, terminal buds glabrous. Leaves opposite, 4-6.5 × 1.5-2.2 cm, subcoriaceous, glabrous, elliptic, the base acute, apex with short, blunt acumen, acumen 5 mm long, margin flat, reticulation immersed on the upper surface,slightly raised on the lower surface, lateral veins difficult to discern, c. 6; petioles 3-5 mm long, canaliculate. Inflorescences c. 1 cm long, with a few scattered hairs, pedicels 1-1.5 mm long. Flowers glabrous, depressed globose, 2.5-3 mm in diam., 1.5-2 mm long, tepals light green and anthers white, much wider than long, erect, stamens 3, the tips of the anthers broad, the locelli apical, large and readily visible; staminodia II covered by the tepals; staminodia III with flattened, peltate apices, fused, forming a shield-like structure;base of the staminodia and the upper rim of the hypanthium with curly red hairs. Fruits ellipsoid, smooth, 2.8 × 1.6 cm.

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REMARKS

Aspidostemon microphyllum is similar to A. andohahelense . The two can be separated as follows: A. microphyllum has stiffer, smaller leaves (4-6.5 cm in A. microphyllum , 6-9 cm in A. andohahelense ), and conspicuous (vs. very inconspicuous) locelli. Their distribution is also quite different, A. microphyllum only known from a small island in the Bay of Antongil and the Masoala Peninsula in the NE ( Fig. 15 View FIG ) and A. andohahelense only known from the Col de Maningotry and Andohahela in the SE. Aspidostemon microphyllum is only known from two collections. No vernacular name has been recorded.

ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION

0-330 m.

PHENOLOGY

Flowers: January; fruits: October.

I

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

P

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

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