Lepidocupania subfalcata (Adema) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, 2020

Buerki, Sven, Munzinger, Jérôme, Lowry Ii, Porter P. & Callmander, Martin W., 2020, Two new genera of Sapindaceae (Cupanieae) from the southern Pacific: Lepidocupania and Neoarytera, Candollea 75 (2), pp. 269-284 : 279

Lepidocupania subfalcata (Adema) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry , comb. nov.

≡ Cupaniopsis subfalcata Adema in Leiden Bot. Ser. 15: 172. 1991.

Holotypus: NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Nord: summit plateau Mt. Koniambo , 800–900 m, 31.III.1956, MacKee 4297 ( L [ L0013389 ]!; iso-: A [ A00050713 ] image seen, K [ K000701621 ]!, P [ P05310065 ]!).

Distribution and ecology. – When ADEMA (1991) published his monograph of Cupaniopsis , this species was thought to be endemic to Grande Terre and was known only from the type collection from Mt. Koniambo, between 800– 900 m. However, one year later, Adema identified a second specimen to this species (Jaffré 2944) in L [L.2296660] from the Mé Adéo road, about 100 km southeast of Koniambo.

Notes. – The holotype of this species was initially identified by Guillaumin as C. sebertii Guillaumin , a name considered a synonym of C. fruticosa (≡ Lepidocupania fruticosa ) by ADEMA (1991). Our examination of the available herbarium material suggests that further taxonomic analysis is needed to clarify species delimitations within this group, which probably represents a species complex.