Lepidocupania fruticosa (Radlk.) 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 : 274

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2020v752a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6314554
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D1503E49-FFBA-FFD6-FC88-FBAAFC28F900
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Lepidocupania fruticosa (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lepidocupania fruticosa (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry View in CoL , comb. nov.

≡ Cupaniopsis fruticosa Radlk. View in CoL in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. CI. Konigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9: 588. 1879.

Lectotypus (designated by ADEMA, 1991: 111): NEW CALEDONIA: sine loco, s.d., Pancher 142 ( M [ M0225246 ] image seen; iso-: MEL [ MEL1539980 View Materials ] image seen, P [ P05310069 , P05310082 , P05310086 , P05310089 ]!).

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania fruticosa is endemic to the southwestern part of Grande Terre, where it grows in dense humid forest, usually on serpentinite, but sometimes also on schist or laterite, from 5 to 300(–900) m ( ADEMA, 1991).

Notes. – Based on our current knowledge on this species, additional taxonomic studies appear to be needed to clarify its circumscription. This should also include material currently assigned to L. subfalcata and L. tontoutensis (see below for additional details).