Neocussonia litoralis (Bernardi) 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 : 278

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v722a4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03838D52-FFB7-3E2B-BA4C-FE67FAA2FA7C

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scientific name

Neocussonia litoralis (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
status

 

B8. Neocussonia litoralis (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin View in CoL , comb. et stat. nov.

÷ Schefflera vantsilana var. litoralis Bernardi View in CoL in Candollea 24: 119. 1969.

Typus: MADAGASCAR. Prov . Toamasina: Tampolo , Ampasina , Fénérive, 2.VII.1957, fl., Service Forestier 17701 (holo-: P [ P00442793 ]!; iso-: P [ P00442792 ]!, TEF [ TEF000006 About TEF , TEF000007 About TEF ]!) .

Habitat and distribution. – Neocussonia litoralis is restricted to fewer than ten isolated areas of low elevation littoral forest along the east coast of Madagascar, a fragmented and highly threatened ecosystem ( CONSIGLIO et al., 2006). It ranges from Ambatobiriry near Sambava in the north (where all remaining forest was removed during the last few years) to Ste. Luce in the south ( MADAGASCAR CATALOGUE, 2017).

Notes. – BERNARDI (1969) described this taxon as a variety of Schefflera vantsilana Neocussonia vantsilana ), which occurs in humid forest at mid- to high elevations, but it is more than sufficiently distinct morphologically to warrant recognition at the species level.

From among the two sheets of Service Forestier 17701 deposited in the Paris herbarium, we have selected the one comprising the most complete material and bearing an original label as the lectotype. This specimen also has an annotation by Frodin indicating that he intended to designate it as the lectotype, although his choice was never published.

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

TEF

Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rural

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Neocussonia

Loc

Neocussonia litoralis (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin

Lowry Ii, Porter P., Plunkett, Gregory M., Gostel, Morgan R. & Frodin, David G. 2017
2017
Loc

Schefflera vantsilana var. litoralis

Bernardi 1969: 119
1969
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