Diospyros samoensis A. Gray

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

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Diospyros samoensis A. Gray View in CoL in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 326. 1861.

Lectotypus (designated here): SAMOA: Tutuila and Savaii , Samoan or Navigators’ Islands , s.d., fr., Wilkes Exploration Expedition s.n. ( US [ US00113486 ]!; isolecto-: GH [ GH00015718 ] image seen, K [ K000792813 ]!, NY [ NY00334804 ] image seen, US [ US00113485 ]!).

= Diospyros olen Hiern View in CoL in Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 12: 246. 1873. Lectotypus (designated by WHITE, 1993a): NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. des Îles : Lifou , s.d., Deplanche 31 ( K [ K000792731 ]!; isolecto-: L [ L0006035 ] image seen, P [ P00151306 , P00151307 , P00151308 ]!), syn. nov.

= Diospyros sebertii Guillaumin View in CoL in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 69: 66. 1922. Ξ Diospyros montana Pancher & Sébert View in CoL , in Sébert, Rev. Marit. Colon. 40: 503. 1874 [non Diospyros montana Roxb. View in CoL ]. Lectotypus (designated by WHITE, 1993b): NEW CALEDONIA: sine loco, s.d., Sébert & Fournier 18 ( P [ P00151399 ]!; isolecto-: P [ P00151289 ]!), syn. nov.

= Diospyros austrocaledonica Hiern View in CoL in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 46: 211. 1921. Holotypus: NEW CALEDONIA: sine loco, s.d., Le Boucher 1529 (leg. Cribbs) ( NSW, not seen), syn. nov.

= Diospyros leroyi Kosterm. View in CoL in Blumea 23: 460. 1977. Typus: NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Sud: “ ad septentrionem tribus Koindé ”, 3.VIII.1965, fr., Bernardi 9961 ( L [ L0005991 ] image seen; View Materials iso-: K [ K000792729 ]!, P [ P00151296 ]!, S [ S09-33764 ] image seen), syn. nov.

Notes. – As indicated by WHITE (1993b), D. olen View in CoL is part of a series of closely allied species extending from southern India and Sri Lanka to Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu, which includes also D. ebenum J. Koenig View in CoL , D. hebecarpa A. Cunn. ex Benth. View in CoL , D. insularis Bakh. View in CoL , D. novoguineensis Bakh. View in CoL , and D. samoensis View in CoL . Our review of material from New Caledonia has shown that D. olen View in CoL is indistinguishable from material of D. samoensis View in CoL collected in Fiji, Samoa, and Vanuatu, prompting us to place D. olen View in CoL in synonymy. Further study of the complex may reveal that most or all of the species in the series can be accommodated within D. ebenum View in CoL , one of the ebony species of commerce. Of the two sheets of the type of D. samoensis View in CoL (Wilkes Exploration Expedition s.n.) at US, the sheet with fruit [ US 00113486] is here chosen as the lectotype.

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US	University of Stellenbosch
GH	Harvard University - Gray Herbarium
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
NY	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden