Lepidocupania samoensis (Christoph.) 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15553/c2020v752a9
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D1503E49-FFB5-FFD9-FF21-F990FBF0FE15
treatment provided by	Carolina (2021-11-24 14:56:09, last updated 2021-11-24 15:01:41)
scientific name	Lepidocupania samoensis (Christoph.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lepidocupania samoensis (Christoph.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry , comb. nov.

 Cupaniopsis samoensis Christoph. in Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 14: 154. 1938.

H o l o t y p u s: S A MOA: S a v a i`i, a b o v e M a t a v a n u, 14.VIII.1931, Christophersen & Hume 2045 ( BISH [ BISH1004933 About BISH ] image seen; iso-: A [ A00050711 ] image seen, BISH [ BISH1004931 About BISH , BISH1004932 About BISH ] images seen, K [ K000701626 ]!, P [ P00639282 ]!, UC [ UC1352449 ] image seen, US [ US 00094201] image seen) .

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania samoensis is endemic to the two main islands of Samoa, Savai`i and Upolu, where it grows in primary evergreen forests between 650 to 1350 m ( ADEMA, 1991).

References

ADEMA, F. (1991). Cupaniopsis Radlk. (Sapindaceae): a monograph. Leiden Bot. Ser. 15.

Abbreviations

M	Botanische Staatssammlung München
BISH	Bishop Museum, Botany Division
A	Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
P	Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants
UC	Upjohn Culture Collection