Neocussonia favargeri (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin, 2017

Lowry Ii, Porter P., Plunkett, Gregory M., Gostel, Morgan R. & Frodin, David G., 2017, A synopsis of the Afro-Malagasy species previously included in Schefflera (Araliaceae): resurrection of the genera Astropanax and Neocussonia, Candollea 72 (2), pp. 265-282 : 276

B4. Neocussonia favargeri (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin , comb. nov. ( Fig. 2C ).

÷ Schefflera favargeri Bernardi in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 76: 369. 1966.

Typus: M ADAGASCAR. Prov. Antsiranana: Tsaratanana , XII.1912, bud & y. fr., Perrier de la Bâthie 3576 (holo-: P [ P00442784 ]!; iso-: G [ G00015609 ]!) .

Habitat and distribution. – Neocussonia favargeri occurs in several mountain massifs in northern Madagascar, from Manongarivo in the west through Tsaratanana and several nearby ranges (including Ambohimirahavavy and Mt. Ampomotra) to Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve and Marojejy National Park in the east ( MADAGASCAR CATALOGUE, 2017). It is found in humid forest between c. 1,200 and 2,400 m elevation.

Notes. – The holotype of Schefflera favargeri bears a type label affixed by Bernardi in Geneva. The annotation made by Frodin in 2001 designating this specimen as a lectotype was thus superfluous and in any case this choice was never published .

Figures

Fig. 2. – Photographs of Neocussonia (Harms) Hutch. (including both published and new, as yet unpublished species). A. Neocussonia sp.; B. Neocussonia vantsilana (Baker) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin; C. Neocussonia favargeri (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin; D. Neocussonia halleana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin; E. Neocussonia sp. nov.; F. Neocussonia capuroniana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin; G. Neocussonia frodiniana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin.