Astropanax evrardii (Bamps) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin, 2017

Lowry Ii, Porter P., Plunkett, Gregory M., Gostel, Morgan R. & Frodin, David G., 2017, A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia, Candollea 72 (2), pp. 265-282 : 270

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15553/c2017v722a4
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scientific name	Astropanax evrardii (Bamps) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
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A3. Astropanax evrardii (Bamps) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin , comb. nov.

÷ Schefflera evrardii Bamps in Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 43: 425. 1973.

Typus: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Prov . Equateur: Djoa (Terrotoire Bolomba), 17. V .1958, y. fr., Evrard 4071 (holo-: BR [ BR00886167 ]!; iso-: K [ K00350381 ]!) .

Habitat and distribution. – Astropanax evrardii is known from only a few localities in central Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it grows in low-altitude humid and swampy forest between 300 m and 450 m elevation ( BAMPS, 1974b; APD, 2017)

Notes. – This species closely resembles A. goetzenii but differs by several morphological features (see BAMPS, 1971, 1974a, 1974b), which appear to justify its recognition as a distinct species.

References

APD [AFRICAN PLANT DATABASE] (2017). African Plant Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Geneve & South African National Biodiversity Institute [www. ville-ge. ch / musinfo / bd / cjb / africa / recherche. php].

BAMPS, P. (1971). Deux Araliacees nouvelles du Congo-Kinshasa. Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 41: 251.

BAMPS, P. (1974 b). Contributions a l'etude des Araliacees africaines. Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 44: 101 - 139.

BAMPS, P. (1974 a). Araliaceae. Fl. Afrique Centrale. Meise.