Turraea kindtii Buchenau

Callmander, Martin W. & Nusbaumer, Louis, 2024, Descriptions of ten new species of Turraea L. (Meliaceae, Turraeeae) from Madagascar with notes on the species described by Buchenau, Adansonia (3) 46 (11), pp. 103-128 : 124

Turraea kindtii Buchenau

( Figs 11C ; 14 )

Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 7: 15. 1880 ( Buchenau 1880). Typus. — Madagascar • Sava Region [Prov. Antsiranana],“Andranovaka,zwischen Vohemar und Fassi” ; 9.X.1877; fl.; Rutenberg s.n. (holo-, BRNU Acc. no. 347831 image!) .

Humbertioturraea malifolia (Baker) Cheek, Kew Bulletin 44: 369 ( Cheek 1989). — Basionym: Turraea malifolia Baker , Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 25: 305 ( Baker 1889), syn. nov. — Typus: Madagascar • Sofia Region [Prov. Mahajunga], “Province of Androna”; s.d.; Baker 5919 (lecto-, K[K000432164]!; first step designated by Cheek [1989: 369], second step designated here; isolecto-, K[K000815908]!, P[P00263864]!, designated here).

Humbertioturraea ripicola (C. DC.) Cheek, Kew Bulletin 44: 369 ( Cheek 1989). — Basionym: Turraea ripicola C. DC., Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Genève 10: 128 ( Candolle 1907), syn. nov. — Typus: Madagascar • Sofia Region [Prov. Mahajunga], bord du Maddendambo; IX.1897; Perrier de la Bâthie 323 (lecto-, P[P00541928]!, designated here; isolecto-, P[P00541929, P00541930]!, designated here).

REMARKS

Turraea kindtii can be recognized by its inflorescence in multiflorous fascicles with large, white to yellow flowers reaching 6-8 cm, its staminal tube with finely membranous appendages, 3.5-4 mm long, and its subgloboid receptaculum pollinis, 2 mm de diam. ( Fig. 11C )

Study of the original material of Turraea kindtii shows that Humbertioturraea malifolia and H. ripicola both initially described in Turraea represent the same species and are therefore considered here as later synonyms. A second step lectotypification is necessary for the name T. malifolia Baker since two duplicates are extant at K. Therefore, the best preserved material at K is designated here as the lectotype. Three duplicates of original material of the name T. ripicola are desposited at P. Therefore, the best preserved material of Perrier de la Bâthie 323, P00541928, is designated here as the lectotype.

Turraea kindtii grows in the western and northern dry deciduous forests of Madagascar.It is known from Mahajunga to the far north in the Montagne des Français( Madagascar Catalogue 2024).

Figures

FIG. 11. — Field pictures of Turraea L.: A, T. tsingycola Callm. & Nusb., sp. nov.; B, T. fockei Buchenau; C, T. kindtii Buchenau; A, Gautier et al. 5665; B, Razafit- salama 1239; C, Antilahimena et al. 8647. Photographs: A, Laurent Gautier; B, Fidy Ratovoson; C, Patrice Antilahimena.

FIG. 14. — Holotype of Turraea kindtii Buchenau, Rutenberg s.n. in BRNU (Acc. no. 347831; © Herbarium, Department of Botany and Zology of the Masaryk University, Brno, reproduced with permission).