Astropanax procumbens (Hemsl.) 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 : 273

A11. Astropanax procumbens (Hemsl.) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin , comb. nov.

÷ Geopanax procumbens Hemsl. in Hooker’s Icon. Pl.: tab. 2821. 1909. ÷ Schefflera procumbens (Hemsl.) F. Friedmann in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sect. B, Adansonia 8: 254. 1986.

Lectotypus (designated here): SEYCHELLES. Mahé: Cascade Estate, 450 m, II.1905, bud & fl., Thomasset 192 ( K [ K000350560 ]!; isolecto-: K [ K000350561 ]!) .

Habitat and distribution. – Astropanax procumbens is known only from two islands in the Seychelles, Mahé and Silhouette. It has become extremely rare and on Mahé it is known only from highly secondarized mid-altitude forest dominated by introduced cinnamon ( Cinnamomum verum J. Presl ).

Notes. – Among the two specimens of Thomasset 192 deposited at K, we have selected as the lectotype the one that is fertile and bears the collector’s original, hand-written label .