Xylosma zongoi Pillon, 2023

Pillon, Yohan, 2023, Taxonomic notes on New Caledonian Malpighiales: Acridocarpus, Crossostylis, Erythroxylum, and Xylosma, Phytotaxa 583 (2), pp. 207-212 : 210

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7622462
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scientific name	Xylosma zongoi Pillon
status	nom. nov.

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Xylosma zongoi Pillon nom. nov.

(LSID: 77312126-1).

Replaced synonym: Lasiochlamys coriacea Sleumer (1974: 126) View in CoL .

Type:— NEW CALEDONIA, Pouébo: Mont Mandjélia (exploitation forestière Frouin ), 600–700 m, 4 June 1971, MacKee 24594 (holo-: P00648821 !, iso-: L0011078 !, NOU005995 !) View Materials .

Non Xylosma coriacea (Poiteau) Eichler (1871: 449) View in CoL . Non Xylosma coriacea Lignier & Bey (1904: 167) View in CoL nomen nudum. Non Xylosma coriacea Pancher ex Guillaumin (1919: 313) View in CoL nomen nudum.

The combination in Xylosma in pre-empted by three earlier names. The new epithet chosen commemorates Charly Zongo (1980–2015), for his contribution to our knowledge on the seed physiology of New Caledonian plants ( Bombarda et al. 2010; Zongo 2010; Zongo et al. 2016).

References

Bombarda, I., Zongo, C., McGill, C. R., Doumenq, P. & Fogliani, B. (2010) Fatty acids profile of Alphitonia neocaledonica and Grevillea exul var. rubiginosa seed oils, occurrence of an omega 5 series. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 87: 981 - 986. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11746 - 010 - 1581 - 2

Eichler, A. G. (1871) Bixaceae. In: Flora Brasiliensis Vol. XII. Pars. I. Missouri Botanial Garden, pp. 421 - 516.

Guillaumin, A. (1919) Materiaux pour la flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie; VI. Revision des Bixacees. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 66: 310 - 313. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00378941.1919.10836699

Lignier, O. & Le Bey, R. (1904) Liste des plantes vasculaires que renferme l'herbier general de l'Universite de la ville de Caen. Bulletin de la Societe linneenne de Normandie 7: 138 - 237.

Sleumer, H. (1974) A concise revision of the Flacourtiaceae of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Blumea 22: 123 - 147.

Zongo, C. (2010) Donnees biologiques et physiologiques sur les semences de quelques especes de milieux ultramafiques neo-caledoniens. PhD thesis. Universite de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea.

Zongo, C., Sabourin, M., Demaret, L., Gateble, G., Fogliani, B. & Marmey, P. (2016) Seed characterisation for propagation and conservation of Oxera pulchella subsp. grandiflora (Dubard) de Kok, a New Caledonian ornamental endemic. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 16: 137 - 145.