Lepidocupania brackenridgei (A. Gray) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry

Buerki, Sven, Munzinger, Jérôme, Lowry Ii, Porter P. & Callmander, Martin W., 2020, Two new genera of Sapindaceae (Cupanieae) from the southern Pacific: Lepidocupania and Neoarytera, Candollea 75 (2), pp. 269-284 : 274

Lepidocupania brackenridgei (A. Gray) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry , comb. nov.

( Fig. 3B ).

≡ Cupania brackenridgei A. Gray in Wilkes, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 255. 1854. ≡ Arytera brackenridgei (A. Gray) Radlk. in Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. CI. Konigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9: 555. 1879.

Holotypus: FIJI: Ovalau , 1838 – 1842, Wilkes s.n. ( US [ US 00095325 ] image seen; iso-: P [ P00646032 ]!).

Distribution and ecology. – Lepidocupania brackenridgei is widespread in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna (Horn Islands), Tonga and Samoa, where it occurs from sea level to 1050 m ( ADEMA, 1991). This common species occurs in primary and secondary rainforest, but is also found in savannah; it grows on limestone and lava fields.

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Fig. 3. – A. Lepidocupania glomeriflora (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); B. Lepidocupania brackenridgei (A. Gray) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (Vanua Levu, Fiji); C. Lepidocupania lepidota (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); D. Neoarytera collina (Pancher & Sebert) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); E. Neoarytera neoebudensis (Guillaumin) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia); F. Neoarytera chartacea (Radlk.) Callm., Buerki, Munzinger & Lowry (New Caledonia). [A: Callmander et 788; B: Munzinger 379; C: Munzinger 7700; D: Munzinger 7395; E: Munzinger 7404; F: Hequet 3525] [Photos: A–B, D– E: P. Lowry; C: J. Munzinger; F: V. Hequet]