Noronhia crassiramosa H. Perrier

Hong-Wa, Cynthia, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Noronhia Stadtm. ex Thouars (Oleaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, Boissiera 70, pp. 1-292 : 83-84

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7599432

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7586750

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scientific name

Noronhia crassiramosa H. Perrier
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19. Noronhia crassiramosa H. Perrier View in CoL View at ENA in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 296. 1949 ( Fig. 12B View Fig ).

Typus: M ADAGASCAR. Prov. Toamasina: Est Centre, forêt d’Analamazaotra , [18°56’S 48°26’E’], s.d., Perrier de la Bâthie 5085 (holo-: P [ P00418098 ]!; GoogleMaps iso-: P [ P00418099 ]!) GoogleMaps .

Description

Trees to 25 m tall, trunk to 25 cm diameter; young twigs cylindrical to subquadrangular, 4-8 mm diameter, glabrous; bark medium gray, smooth to slightly rugose. Leaves opposite, verticillate at the tips of the branches, persistent; bud scales persistent; blades dark green above, lighter below, oblong, 13-38 3 3.5-12 cm, very coriaceous, glabrous, domatia absent, base acute to rounded, margin flat, apex acuminate, the acumen 1-14 mm long, midrib slightly sunken above, distinctly raised below, secondary veins very conspicuous below, 8-14 per side, 14-51 mm apart, looping 3-13 mm from the margin; petiole medium gray to brownish, 9-22 3 3-5.5 mm, entirely woody, glabrous. Thyrses fasciculate, pauciflorous, diffuse; peduncle 8-25 mm long, glabrous; pedicel 6-10 mm long, glabrous; calyx glabrous on both sides, lobes deltate, 3-4 3 2-2.5 mm; corolla purplish red, cupuliform to subrotate, 5-6 mm long, glabrous on both sides, the tube 2-3 mm long, lobes widely ovate, apex acute; corona present, 2-3 mm long, undivided; stamens 3 mm long, anthers oblong, 2 mm long; pistil 2.5-3 mm long, stigma slightly bilobed. Fruiting pedicel 5-14 3 3-4 mm; young fruits green, reddish when mature, subglobose, 21-30 3 16.5-21.5 mm, surface smooth, apex flat to apiculate; dry pericarp 2-2.5 mm thick; endocarp woody; seed 14-22.5 3 9.5-14 mm.

Distribution, ecology and phenology

Noronhia crassiramosa occurs in mid- to high-elevation humid forests in the central east, from Analamazaotra to Ranomafana ( Fig. 9 View Fig ). It produces flowers and fruits from October to March.

Conservation status

There were 11 collections representing nine localities available for analysis, which resulted in an EOO of 5,024 km 2, an AOO of 32 km 2, and six subpopulations representing five locations, four of which occur within protected areas (Analamazaotra, Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena, Mantadia, and Ranomafana). Subpopulations outside of protected areas are very likely to experience continuing decline in habitat quality as well as habitat loss resulting from wood harvesting, forest exploitation, slash-and-burn cultivation and industrial mining, thereby reducing also the number of mature individuals. Therefore, N. crassiramosa is assigned a preliminary status of “Vulnerable” [VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)].

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Notes

Noronhia crassiramosa can be recognized by its thick twigs, large, coriaceous leaf blades with very conspicuous venation, and its fruits with thick pericarp. It differs from N. patricei Hong-Wa by its opposite to verticillate at the tips of the branches (vs. entirely verticillate), oblong (vs. lanceolate) leaves, and apiculate (vs. flat) fruit apex. This species seems to reproduce only at a later age and appears to be rare.

Additional specimens examined

MADAGASCAR. Prov. Fianarantsoa: Ranomafana PN, Vatoharanana, Parcelle 3, 21°16’06”S 47°25’30”E, 923 m, 8. V.2010, Hong-Wa & Ortiz 669 ( MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; ibid. loc., 21°15’S 47°27’E, 900 m, 8-14.XI.1991, Malcomber et al. 1007 ( G, MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps . Prov. Toamasina: Moramanga, Ambatovy, 18°48’42”S 48°20’40”E, 1141 m, 27.VII.2008, Antilahimena et al. 6403 ( MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; ibid. loc., 18°50’25”S 48°18’16”E, 1090 m, 15. V.2010, Bernard et al. 1569 ( MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; Analamazaotra RS, 18°56’12”S 48°25’09”E, 953 m, 2. V.2010, Hong-Wa & Ortiz 640 ( MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; Andasibe, Analamay, 18°47’54”S 48°20’3”E, 1030 m, 1.XII.2010, Miandrimanana 473 ( MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; Ambatovy, Amboasary, 18°57’13”S 48°26’43’’E, 1008 m, Rasoazanany et al. 326 ( MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; Brickaville, Ankerana, 18°25’52”S 48°47’23”E, 842 m, 26.III.2011, Ravelonarivo 3892 ( G, MO, P, TAN) GoogleMaps ; Saharefina, Périnet, [18°56’S 48°26’E], 19. II.1955, Service Forestier 15015 ( P, TEF) GoogleMaps .

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

P

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

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

TAN

Parc de Tsimbazaza

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

TEF

Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rural

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Noronhia

Loc

Noronhia crassiramosa H. Perrier

Hong-Wa, Cynthia 2016
2016
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