Neoarytera neoebudensis (Guillaumin) Callm., Buerki, 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 : 281

Neoarytera neoebudensis (Guillaumin) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry , comb. nov.

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≡ Cupaniopsis neoebudensis Guillaumin in J. Arnold Arbor. 12: 241. 1931. ≡ Arytera neoebudensis (Guillaumin) H. Turner in Blumea 9: 200. 1995.

Holotypus: VANUATU. Prov. Taféa: Erromango Isl. , Dillon Bay, 8.VI.1928, Kajewski 381 ( A; iso-: BISH, BRI [ BRIAQ0031093 ]!, K [ K000701498 ]!, NY, P [ P00639281 ]!).

Distribution and ecology. – Neoarytera neoebudensis , as currently circumscribed, occurs in New Caledonia (Grande Terre and the Loyalty islands), Walpole Island, and Vanuatu. It grows on rocky slopes near lagoons and in lowland evergreen forests on volcanic soils ( TURNER, 1995).

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Fig. 3. – A. Lepidocupania glomeriflora (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); B. Lepidocupania brackenridgei (A. Gray) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (Vanua Levu, Fiji); C. Lepidocupania lepidota (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); D. Neoarytera collina (Pancher & Sebert) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); E. Neoarytera neoebudensis (Guillaumin) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); F. Neoarytera chartacea (Radlk.) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia). [A: Callmander et 788; B: Munzinger 379; C: Munzinger 7700; D: Munzinger 7395; E: Munzinger 7404; F: Hequet 3525] [Photos: A–B, D– E: P. Lowry; C: J. Munzinger; F: V. Hequet]