Melicope bracteata (Nadeaud) S. L. Welsh

Appelhans, Marc S., Pillon, Yohan, Gotty, Karine & Wagner, Warren L., 2025, Towards a monophyletic Melicope (Rutaceae): Phylogenetic placement of Dutailliopsis and other New Caledonian genera, and an updated infrageneric classification of Melicope, PhytoKeys 259, pp. 263-300 : 263-300

1. Melicope bracteata (Nadeaud) S. L. Welsh , Fl. Societensis 255. 1998.

Euodia bracteata Nadeaud , Énum. Pl. Tahiti 76. 1873.

Euodia tahitensis Nadeaud , Énum. Pl. Tahiti 77. 1873, as Euodia tahitensis var. peninsulae Nadeaud, Énum. Pl. Tahiti 77. 1873, nom. invalid. Type: Society Islands, Tahiti, Mataoae, in Teumupuaa, Taiarapu, 6 Jul. 1858, Nadeaud 476 p. p. (holotype P [ P 00639246!]; isotypes G [G 00096022!], P [ P 00639244!, P 00641431!]).

Euodia tahitensis var. brachiata Nadeaud , Énum. Pl. Tahiti 77. 1873. Type: Society Islands, Tahiti, Mont. Mahutaa, en vallée de Orofero, s. d., Nadeaud s. n. / 476 p. p. (holotype P [ P 00646093!]; isotype P [ P 00646064!]).

Euodia tahitensis var. ovata Nadeaud , Énum. Pl. Tahiti 77. 1873. Type: Society Islands, Tahiti, in Orofero valle ad Punaaruu, s. d., Nadeaud s. n. / 476 A (holotype P [ P 00646094!]; isotype P [ P 00639235!]). Note: Hartley annotated the isotype specimen as the holotype, but it does not contain the original label.

Euodia emarginata Drake , Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 20, tab. V. 1886. Type: Society Islands, Tahiti, montagn. Taravao, 1847, Lépine 211 (holotype: P [ P 00639242!]; isotype G [G 00096021!]).

Euodia lepinei Baill. ex Drake , Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 22, tab. VI. 1886. Type: Society Islands, Tahiti, gorges de Papénoo, 1847, Lépine 80 (holotype P [ P 00639238!]).

Euodia brachiata (Nadeaud) Drake , Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 131. 1890. Type: Based on Euodia tahitensis var. brachiata Nadeaud.

Melicope brachiata (Nadeaud) S. L. Welsh , Fl. Societensis 254. 1998. Type: Based on Euodia tahitensis var. brachiata Nadeaud.

Melicope emarginata (Drake) S. L. Welsh , Fl. Societensis 255. 1998. Type: Based on Euodia emarginata Drake.

Melicope tiarapuensis S. L. Welsh , Fl. Societensis 255. 1998. Type: Based on Euodia tahitensis Nadeaud.

Type material.

Society Islands: Tahiti, crêtes de Pirae à l´Aorai, s. d., Nadeaud 475 (holotype P [ P 00646065!]; isotypes G [G 00096019!, G 00096020!], P [ P 00639243!]). Note: Hartley annotated the specimen P 00639243 as the holotype, but it does not contain the original label and is from the herbarium of Emmanuel Drake del Castillo. Specimen P 00646065 is from Jean Nadeaud’s herbarium, contains the original label with the precise locality and the word “ ipse ” (= himself) is mentioned as the author name as in the protologue. We are therefore convinced that this specimen is the holotype and Hartley might not have seen this specimen.