Lepidocupania grandiflora (Adema) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry

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 : 276

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2020v752a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6314565
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D1503E49-FFB8-FFDB-FC88-FA8AFEB5FEF4
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Lepidocupania grandiflora (Adema) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lepidocupania grandiflora (Adema) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry View in CoL , comb. nov.

≡ Cupaniopsis grandiflora Adema View in CoL in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, 10: 263. 1989.

Holotypus: NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Sud: Mont Do , 950 m, s.d., McPherson 3805 ( MO [MO260722]!; iso-: NOU [ NOU006521 About NOU ]!).

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania grandiflora is endemic to Grande Terre, where is has a peculiar distribution and edaphic range; most collections are from the central region (Mont Do and around the Col d’Amieu), but others have been made in the Pouébo area, some 175 km to the northwest. Lepidocupania grandiflora grows in wet forest and maquis vegetation, on ultramafic and non-ultramafic substrates, from 400 to 1000 m.

Notes. – ADEMA (1991: 119) suggested a close affinity between this species and L. oedipoda based on vegetative characters. Their morphological similarity points toward the need for further analyses, especially focusing on collections from the Pouébo area.