Alangium polyosmoides subsp. tomentosum, 2017

de Wilde, W. J. J. O. & Duyfjes, B. E. E., 2017, The species of Alangium section Rhytidandra (Alangiaceae), Blumea 62 (1), pp. 75-83 : 81

b. subsp. tomentosum (F.Muell.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes , comb. nov.

Pseudalangium polyosmoides (F.Muell.) Baill. var. tomentosum (‘ tomentosam ’) F.Muell.(1860) 85. ― Marlea vitiense (A.Gray) Benth.var. tomentosa (F.Muell.) Benth. (1867) 386. ― Alangium vitiense (A.Gray) Benth. var. tomentosum (F.Muell.) Wangerin (1906) 63. ― Alangium villosum (Blume) Wangerin var. tomentosum (F.Muell.) Bloemb. (1935) 271, p.p. [for the type only]. ― Alangium villosum (Blume) Wangerin subsp. tomentosum (F.Muell.) Bloemb.(1939) 203, f. 6b‒bʹ; Hewson (1984) 13, map 14. ― Alangium villosum (Blume) Wangerin subsp. tomentosum (F.Muell.) Bloemb. var. australe Bloemb. (1939) 204, f. 6bʹ, 7g, nom. illeg. (cited material in- cludes the type of var. tomentosum F.Muell. ) ― Lectotype here designated: Hill s.n. (K K000704818; iso MEL n.v.), Australia, Brisbane River.

Twigs conspicuously hairy, hairs c. 0.5 mm long. Lamina hairy, (broadly) elliptic or ovate-elliptic, base strongly asymmetric, broadly rounded to short-cuneate. Flowers conspicuously hairy, corolla in bud 8‒14 mm long; style densely hairy.

Distribution ― Australia, Queensland (Atherton Tableland) to north coast of New South Wales.

Habitat & Ecology ― Rain forest.

Note ― The specimen McDonald & Stainton 2305 (BRI n.v., L), Queensland, from andesite base rock, has exceedingly small flowers, corolla in bud estimated as c. 6 mm long only. Apparently in both subspecies the flower size is quite variable.