Neocussonia longipedicellata (R. Vig. & Danguy ex Lecomte) 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 : 278-279

B9. Neocussonia longipedicellata (R. Vig. & Danguy ex Lecomte) Lowry, G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin , comb. nov.

÷ Cussonia longipedicellata R. Vig. & Danguy ex Lecomte, Madag., Bois Analamaz. 117. 1922. ÷ Schefflera longipedicellata (R. Vig. & Danguy ex Lecomte) Bernardi in Candollea 24: 114. 1969.

Lectotypus (designated here): MADAGASCAR. Prov. Antananarivo: Forêt d’Analamazaotra, fl., Service Colonial 56 ( P [ P00442778 ]!; isolecto-: [ P00442776 , P00442777 ]!) .

= Cussonia racemosa Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 156. 1883. ÷ Schefflera macerosa Bernardi in Candollea 24: 113. 1969 [non S. racemosa (Wight) Harms ]. Typus: Madagascar: sine loc., bud, Baron 2015 (holo:- K [K000350557]!; iso-: P [P00442785, P00442786]!).

Habitat and distribution. – Neocussonia longipedicellata is the most widespread and morphologically variable member of the genus in Madagascar. It occurs in mid-elevation humid forest (c. 800-1,700 m) from Montagne d’Ambre National Park in the far north to Kalambatritra Reserve in the south, with outlying populations at several sites in the west (e.g., Bongolava, Ambohijanahary Reserve, and in low elevation gallery forest along the middle Mangoky River) (MADAGAS- CAR CATALOGUE, 2017).

Note. – From among the three syntypes of Cussonia longipedicellata deposited at P, we have selected the most complete as the lectotype .