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

(Fig. 3E).

≡ 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).