Huberantha capillata (A.C.Sm.) Chaowasku

Kew Bulletin 70 (2)–23: 2 (Chaowasku et al. 2015). – Polyalthia capillata A.C.Sm., Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 31: 158 (Smith 1950). – Hubera capillata (A.C.Sm.) Chaowasku, Phytotaxa 69: 47 (Chaowasku et al. 2012). – Type: Fiji, Viti Levu, Nandronga & Navosa Province, on the southern slopes of the Nausori Highlands, in the drainage of Namosi Creek, above Tumbenasolo, 29 May 1947, A. C. Smith 4581 (holo-: A00039620; iso-: BISH, BRI, K, US).

Regional distribution

Fiji; Solomon Archipelago (?), Santa Cruz Islands, Vanikoro (BSIP 1707, BSIP 1699); Vanuatu, Pentecost Island (Wheatley 101).

Notes

Some fruiting specimens from the island of Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz group, and one from Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, appear similar to Huberantha capillata, a poorly known species from Fiji. They are referred to the species with some doubt.