Lepidocupania gracilipes (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, comb. nov.

≡ Arytera gracilipes Radlk. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 38. 1924.

Lectotypus (designated by TURNER, 1995: 181): NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Nord: “ montagnes de Panloïtch, près Gatop ”, s.d., Vieillard 2403 (K [K000701494]!; isolecto-: FI [FI010518]!, NY [NY00038712, NY00038713]!, M [M0225444] image seen, P [P00639134, P00639135, P 00639136, P 00639137, P 00639138, P 05310259, P05310260]!).

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania gracilipes is endemic to Grande Terre, where it grows in gallery forest, continuous tall maquis (“maquis paraforestier”, see MCCOY et al., 1999 for details), and thickets on (rocky) serpentine terrain, and sometimes along streams on alluvium (TURNER, 1995). It seems to be restricted to serpentine, hyper-magnesium brown soils. The species has been recorded from sea level to 600 m.