Lepidocupania mouana (Guillaumin) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry

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 : 277-278

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15553/c2020v752a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6314573
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scientific name	Lepidocupania mouana (Guillaumin) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lepidocupania mouana (Guillaumin) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry View in CoL , comb. nov.

≡ Cupaniopsis mouana Guillaumin View in CoL in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. B, Bot. 15: 109. 1967.

Holotypus: NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Nord: Mt. Mou , 8.II.1950, Baumann-Bodenheim [leg. Baas Becking] 6036 ( P [ P05256547 ]!; iso-: L [ L0484153 ]!, Z [Z-000028070] image seen) .

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania mouana is endemic to Grande Terre, where it is restricted to Mont Mou in the southwest. ADEMA (1991) cited a single specimen, the holotype, collected in 1951, while an additional collection was made in 2009 (Grignon & Munzinger 256). This species grows in continuous tall maquis (“maquis paraforestier”, see MCCOY et al., 1999 for details) dominated by species of Gymnostoma L.A.S. Johnson , on peridotitic substrate.

Note. – Lepidocupania mouana was assigned an IUCN risk of extinction status of “Endangered” [EN] by JAFFRÉ et al. (1998).

References

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

JAFFRE, T., P. BOUCHET & J. M. VEILLON (1998). Threatened plants of New Caledonia: is the system of protected areas adequate? Biodivers. Conserv. 7: 109 - 135.

MCCOY, S. G., T. JAFFRE, F. RIGAULT & J. E. ASH (1999). Fire and succession in the ultramafic maquis of New Caledonia. J. Biogeog. 26: 579 - 594.