Turraea flagellata J.-F. Leroy & Lescot ex Callm. & Nusb, 2024

Callmander, Martin W. & Nusbaumer, Louis, 2024, Descriptions of ten new species of Turraea L. (Meliaceae, Turraeeae) from Madagascar with notes on the species described by Buchenau, Adansonia (3) 46 (11), pp. 103-128 : 105-109

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2024v46a11

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12746168

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scientific name

Turraea flagellata J.-F. Leroy & Lescot ex Callm. & Nusb
status

 

Turraea flagellata J.-F. Leroy & Lescot ex Callm. & Nusb ., sp. nov.

( Figs 2 View FIG ; 3A View FIG )

DIAGNOSIS. — Turraea flagellata sp. nov. is distinguished by its small white flowers (2-3 cm long), its staminal tube with rudimentary appendices, and its anthers bearing a long filiform (to 15 mm), tapering and twisted distal apicle.

TYPUS. — Madagascar • Melaky Region [Prov. Mahajanga], Tsiampihy, près Soahany , Distr. Antsalova; [18°35’S, 44°14’E]; 25- 50 m; 15.X.1932; fl.; Leandri 291 GoogleMaps (holo-, P [ P00263853 ]!; GoogleMaps iso-, G [ G00415946 ]!, K!, MO [MO-2195464] image!, NY, P [ P00263852 , P00263854 ]!, TAN, TEF, WAG [ WAG.0249063] image!) GoogleMaps .

PHENOLOGY. — Flowers from October to March.

DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY. — Turraea flagellata sp. nov. appears to be endemic to the western dry deciduous forests of Madagascar at an elevation between c. 0 to 400 m.

C A D B E

ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet refers to the anthers bearing a long filiform apicle characterizing this species.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — The new species is known from nine localities, six of which are situated within the protected area network (Andranomena, Bemaraha, Complexe Tsimembo Manambolomaty, and Menabe Antimena). Based on its large EOO of 36 333 km ² and an AOO of 36 km ², Turraea flagellata sp. nov. is therefore preliminary assessed as “Least Concern” [LC] in accordance with IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria ( IUCN 2012).

ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Madagascar • Melaky Region [Prov. Mahajanga], forêt de Tsiampihy et forêts côtières près de Besaraha, de Bemiha et de Soahanina, Nord de Bemika ; [18°44’S, 44°20’E]; 0-20 m; 30.XII.1952; fl.; Leandri et al. 2277 ( G [ G00642050 ], K, MO, P [ P06709116 , P06709127 , P06709128 ], TAN) • GoogleMaps env. de Mahajanga; [15°43’S, 46°19’E]; XII.1903; fl.; Perrier de la Bâthie 1663 ( P [ P06709126 , P06709130 ]) • GoogleMaps Bemaraha, Antsalova; [18°41’S, 44°46’E]; 11.I.1959; fl.; Réserves Naturelles 10206 ( P [ P06709121 , P06709132 ]) • GoogleMaps ibid. loco; 13.I.1959; fl.; Réserves Naturelles 10209 ( P [ P06709120 , P06709133 ]) • GoogleMaps Tsimembo GoogleMaps ,

Antsalova ; [18°56’S, 44°27’E]; 20-130 m; fl.; Service Forestier 8255 ( P [ P06709124 , P06709131 ]) GoogleMaps Forêt d’Amboloando, Amboloando, Distr. Maintirano ; [18°01’S, 44°06’E]; 23.II.1956; 70 m; fl.; Service Forestier 16362 ( P [ P06709122 , P06709123 ]) GoogleMaps Menabe Region [Prov. Toliara], Morondava, forêt de Marosalaza, 50 km au Nord de Morondava ; [20°03’S, 44°38’E]; 0 m; fl.; 28.XII.1973; Hladik 42 ( P [ P06709129 ]) GoogleMaps 45 km N of Morondava on Belo Tsiribihina road, Kirindy; 20°03’S, 44°38’E; 30 m; 17.XI.1986; fl.; Nicoll 167 ( MO [MO-3188500], P [ P06709125 ]) • GoogleMaps Beloa sur Tsiribihina, 5 km E of Lambokely; 19°50’26”S, 44°35’51”E; 50 m; 9.III.2016; fl.; Onjalalaina et al. 1063 ( K, MO [MO-3189262], P [ P00970733 ], TAN) • GoogleMaps Forêt de Kirindy , N of Marofandilia; 20°01’S, 44°39’E; 50 m; 26.XI.1989; fl.; Pettersson & Nilsson 463 ( K, UPS) GoogleMaps Morondava District, Andranomena Special Reserve ; 20°10’12”S, 44°28’12”E; 14 m; 22.II.2018; fl.; Razafimandimbison et al. 2282 ( G [ G00642051 ], MEL, MO [MO-3188728], P [ P00948682 ], S, TAN) GoogleMaps .

DESCRIPTION

Small tree to 6 m tall; young twigs brownish, puberulent. Leaves unifoliolate; leaf blades chartaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic, glabrous, (2-)2.5-3(-6) × (1-)1.5-2(-2.5) cm, base acute, margin entire, sometimes undulate, apex acuminate, adaxial surface shiny dark green, abaxial surface light green, dull, domatia absent; primary vein slightly prominent, secondary veins finely prominent on both surfaces; reticulum distinct; petiole 2-3 mm, long, puberulent. Inflorescence pauciflorous, 1-5 flowers. Flower buds yellowish, enlarged and acute-obtuse at the apex. Flowers 2-3 cm long; pedicel 10-12 mm long, puberulent. Calyx grey-green, cupuliform, 3 × 2 mm, 5-lobed, each lobe with a linear tooth 1 × 0.2 mm, finely pubescent on the outside, glabrous on the inside. Corolla white of 5 linear-spatulate petals, longer than the staminal tube, 20-25 mm long, 1 mm wide at base, 1.5 mm wide in the proximal part. Staminal tube cylindrical, 3.5 mm long, 0.8 mm in diam., glabrous outside, densely tomentose inside; rudimentary appendages at the base of each anther, glabrous. Anthers 10, subsessile, oblong, 1.8 × 0.2 mm, with a filiform apicle, tapering and twisted distally, up to 15 mm long, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, 0.8 mm in diam, glabrous, locules 5, each with 2 collateral ovules; style exserted 3-4 mm beyond the staminal tube, 0.2 mm in diam. Receptaculum pollinis oblong, 3 × 1.5 mm; stigma capitate, 0.8 × 0.3 mm. Fruits unknown.

NOTES

This new species is very distinctive among the Malagasy Turraea species by its anthers bearing a long and filiform apicle

( Figs 2 View FIG ; 3A View FIG ).

We attribute this name to Leroy & Lescot. Only two collections have been gathered since their unpublished description. Furthermore, the type collection, Leandri 291, and several others have been already distributed under that name by Sabine Comtet-Andriamanjatoarivo (1961-2013), back then technician of the P herbarium, when she was curating the Malagasy Meliaceae left by Michèle Lescot after her retirement.

P

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

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

TAN

Parc de Tsimbazaza

TEF

Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rural

WAG

Wageningen University

C

University of Copenhagen

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

B

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

N

Nanjing University

UPS

Uppsala University, Museum of Evolution, Botany Section (Fytoteket)

MEL

Museo Entomologico de Leon

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Meliaceae

Genus

Turraea

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