Friedmannia seychellensis (Bojer ex Baker) Kocyan & Wiland, 2016

Kocyan, Alexander & Wiland-Szymańska, Justyna, 2016, Friedmannia: a new genus from the Seychelles and the beginning of a generic realignment of Curculigo (Hypoxidaceae), Phytotaxa 283 (1), pp. 54-64 : 62

Friedmannia seychellensis (Bojer ex Baker) Kocyan & Wiland comb. nov.

Basionym: Curculigo seychellensis Bojer ex Baker (1877: 368)

Type (neotype, designated here):— SEYCHELLES, Herbarium Blackburn, collected by Horne No. 241 (K-000524188!)

Notes:— Baker (1877) made the first sketchy description of the species mentioning Bojer (1837), who listed the name Curculigo seychellensis in his Hortus Mauritianus (1837). We were not able to trace any original material for this name. The specimen chosen as neotype is mentioned in Baker’s ‚Synopsis of Hypoxidaceae’ from 1878 published just one year after his 1877 work on the Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles ( Fig. 4 ).

Additional specimens examined:— cult. Bot. Garden Bonn, 25 April 2008, Lobin 13667 ( BONN!) ; Mahé, Sealark Expedition 1908, Stanley s.n. ( K!) ; Mahé, Pente Sud de Morne Blanc , November 1980, F. Friedmann 3515 ( P!) ; ibidem, August 1981, F. Friedmann 3963 ( P!) ; ibidem, June 1987, F. Friedmann 5538 ( P!) ; Mahé, Congo Rouge, June 1985, F. Friedmann 5144 ( P!) ; Mahé, vicinity of “ Mount Dore ”, June 1981, F. Friedmann 3858 ( P!) ; Mahé, Morne Blanc, 25 April 1888, Lister s.n. ( BM!) ; Mahé, August 1989, Rosemary Wise 89 ( OXF!) ; Mahé, Le Niol, May–July 1991, Rosemary Wise 158 ( OXF!) .

Distribution:— Seychelles: Curieuse, Fregate, Mahé, Praslin, Silhouette, Thérèse ( Hill 2002, Gerlach 2011b).

Ecology:—moist rain forest to dry, rocky habitats at mid or high altitudes ( Gerlach 2011b, Hansen & Laboudallon 2013).

Conservation status:—The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species places this species in the category of Least Concern (LC) as it is widespread and locally abundant with stable populations, only locally threatened by fires ( Gerlach 2011b).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Neotype of Friedmannia seychellensis. Online available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000524188. © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced with the consent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.