Diospyros vieillardii (Hiern) Kosterm.

Schatz, George E. & Lowry Ii, Porter P., 2018, Novitates neocaledonicae. IX. Taxonomic notes on New Caledonian Diospyros (Ebenaceae) with new synonymy and the description of two new species, Candollea 73 (1), pp. 91-100 : 93-94

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2018v731a8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6310214
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scientific name	Diospyros vieillardii (Hiern) Kosterm.
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Diospyros vieillardii (Hiern) Kosterm. View in CoL in Blumea 23: 473. 1977.

Ξ Maba vieillardii Hiern View in CoL in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 12: 124. 1873.

Lectotypus (designated by KOSTERMANS, 1977): NEW CALEDONIA: Canala , Gatope , etc., s.d., Vieillard 897 ( BM [ BM001015981 ]!; View Materials isolecto-: MPU [ MPU022737 View Materials ] image seen, P [ P00057341 ]!).

= Maba glauca Montr. View in CoL in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon 10: 230. 1860. Ξ Diospyros neocaledonica Kosterm. View in CoL in Blumea 23: 464. 1977 [non D. glauca Rottl. View in CoL ] Syntypi: NEW CALEDONIA: sine loco, s.d., Montrouzier 140 ( LY, not found); sine loco, s.d., Montrouzier 321 ( LY, not found).

= Diospyros fastidiosa F. White View in CoL in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 14: 202. 1993. Holotypus: NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Nord: pente E du Mt. Aoupinié , exploitation forestière Devillers , [21°09’25’’S 165°19’00’’E], 500-600 m, 27.IV.1972, ♀ fl., MacKee 25369 ( P [ P00151056 ]!; View Materials GoogleMaps iso-: FHO!, NOU!), syn. nov.

= Diospyros nebulosa F. White View in CoL in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 14: 202. 1993. Holotypus: NEWCALEDONIA. Prov. Nord: Mt. Panié , 1500 m, 29.IX.1966, fr., Schmid 1523 ( P [ P00057321 ]!; iso-: NOU [ NOU005815 View Materials ]!), syn. nov.

Notes. – WHITE (1993a) described D. fastidiosa from a single flowering specimen from Aoupinié and D. nebulosa from two fruiting specimens from Mt. Panié. In addition to the type specimen of D. fastidiosa , two additional recent flowering specimens from Aoupinié (Munzinger 6632, 7249) show the characteristic inflorescence structure of D. vieillardii , albeit with slightly larger flowers. Moreover, the fruiting specimens of D. nebulosa from Mt. Panié are identical to those of D. vieillardii . Although D. vieillardii occurs nearly exclusively on ultramafic soils, which are not found on either Aoupinié or Mt. Panié, the leaves of material assigned to both D. fastidiosa and D. nebulosa conform exactly to those of D. vieillardii in their complete absence of any visible venation on the lower surface. We therefore consider D. fastidiosa and D. nebulosa to be geographic outliers of D. vieillardii growing on nonultramafic soils.