Neocussonia lukwangulensis (Tennant) 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 : 279

B10. Neocussonia lukwangulensis (Tennant) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin , comb. nov.

÷ Cussonia lukwangulensis Tennant in Kew Bull. 14: 221. 1960. ÷ Schefflera lukwangulensis (Tennant) Bernardi in Candollea 24: 94. 1969.

Typus: T ANZANIA. Morogoro Region: Uluguru [Mountains], Tanana, 4.II.1935, bud, Bruce 769 (holo-: K [ K00350588 ]!; iso-: BM [ BM000902773 ]!, BR [ BR08861689 ]!, P [ P01816987 ]!) .

Habitat and distribution. – Neocussonia lukwangulensis is endemic to Tanzania, where it occurs in many of the Eastern Arc mountains, from the Chome Forest Reserve in the South Pare Mountains south to the Kipengere Game Reserve and the Rungwe Forest Reserve near Mbeya in the southwestern part of the country ( BAMPS, 1974b, APD, 2017; TROPICOS, 2017). It grows in humid forest from c. 1,350 to 2,136 m elevation.

Notes. – HARMS (1899) listed Stuhlmann 9112 among the syntypes of his Cussonia buchananii (a synonym of Neocussonia umbellifera ; see below), but this specimen is clearly referable to N. lukwangulensis .