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

≡ Cupaniopsis mouana Guillaumin 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).