Parsonsia bogotensis Gâteblé & Fleurot, 2025

Lannuzel, Guillaume, Bruy, David, Munzinger, Jérôme, Vandrot, Hervé & Gâteblé, Gildas, 2025, Synonymy, nomenclature and taxonomic notes in New Caledonian Parsonsia (Apocynaceae), with the description of four new species, Phytotaxa 710 (2), pp. 131-164 : 133-138

Parsonsia bogotensis Gâteblé & Fleurot , sp. nov. ( Figs. 1 , 2 & 3 ) (urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77359145-1)

Diagnosis: — Parsonsia bogotensis is most similar to P. flexilis , P. tiebaghiensis and P. urceolata with its inserted stamens but differs from P. flexilis by its corolla and calyx glabrous outside. Among the species with inserted stamens and glabrous corolla, it differs from P. tiebaghiensis by its rows of hairs inside the corolla, and from P. urceolata by its leaves, glabrous on both sides and with a longer petiole.

Type: — NEW CALEDONIA. North province: Bogota, Canala , elev. 517 m, 21°29’33.18’’S, 166°00’42.97’’E, 17 June 2022, Fleurot D. & Toussi A. 939 (holotype NOU [ NOU092405 !]; isotype P [ P01139663 !]) .

Small climber with twining stems, stems up to 3 meters long, up to 2 mm in diameter on young stems (herbarium specimens), young stems glabrous; latex white. Leaves opposite, subcoriaceous, green adaxially, light green abaxially, petiole (9.5–)11–13(–13.5) mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, usually green, glabrous, two deltoid inter-petiolar tooth-like colleters present on each side of petiole base; lamina lanceolate, (56–)62.5–70.3(–71.6) × (20.7–)21–21.2(–21.3) mm, apex acuminate; base rounded to cuneate, both surfaces glabrous, leaf venation regularly pennate, with secondary veins visible on both surfaces on dry and living material. Inflorescence a loose axillary panicle, axes green, primary axes 25× 2 mm, glabrous, pedicels (4.9–)5.9–7.5(–7.6) mm long, slightly puberulent, bracts ca. 0.5 mm long, narrowly lanceolate.

Flower 5-merous, narrowly urceolate, (4.7–)5.1–5.8(–7.4) × 2–3(–3.3) mm. Calyx lobes appressed to corolla, broadly deltoid, obtuse at apex, ca. 0.6 × 0.7 mm, green to reddish or whitish, glabrous. Corolla white, with 5 rows of ca. 0.5 mm long retrorse hairs on inner surface from throat to halfway in the tube, glabrous outside, tube (2.6–)2.8– 3.4(–4.3) × (1.6–)2–2.1(–2.5) mm, lobes deltoid, spreading, (1.6–)1.6 × 1.9(–2.6) × (0.7–)0.9 × 1.3(–1.5) mm.

Anther cone 1.3–2 mm long, entirely inserted; filaments 1–1.3 mm, hairy on abaxial surface. Ovary ovoid, ca. 1 × 0.7 mm, glabrous, circled by 5 glabrous scales ca. 1 × 0.5 mm. Style glabrous ca. 1.8 mm long, stigma fusiform ca. 0.4 mm long.

Fruit cylindrical, ca. 11 × 0.8 cm, acute at apex, glabrous.

Distribution and habitat: —The species is only known from two herbarium collections with precise location on the Bogota peninsula, and a picture from the Poro valley. It is only known at low elevation, from almost sea level to 517 m elev. and grows in shrublands on ultramafic substrates.

Phenology: —From herbarium specimens and pictures available, flowers can be seen almost all year round. Fruits are known in May and June.

Etymology: —The species is named after the Bogota peninsula, the only location where recent herbarium specimens were collected.

Conservation status: —This species has been evaluated by the Red List Authority of New Caledonia (RLA-NC plants) as Endangered on criteria B, with bushfires and mining exploitation considered as threats to the known localities.

Notes: —Some specimens of this new species had been identified as Parsonsia effusa Moore (1921) by Boiteau (1981), perhaps due to the resemblance of both species on sterile material, and the resemblance of flowers at first glance. However, more recent observations, and especially field pictures showed that this species had inserted stamens, thus being closer to P. flexilis in Boiteau’s (1981) revision, but glabrous outer corolla surface, thus being a new and distinct species.

Specimens examined: — NEW CALEDONIA. North province: Canala , November 1869, Balansa 2413 ( P04216096 !d; P04216098 !d; P04216099 !d) ; sin.loc., Deplanche 227 ( P04216092 !d) ; Entre Thio et Houaïlou, 1910, Fetscherin s.n. ( P04216057 !d) ; Presqu’île de Bogota , elev. 250 m, 29 August 1989, MacKee 44566 ( P04548440 !d) .

Parsonsia carnea Pancher ex Baillon (1888: 766) . Type: New Caledonia, Landes sur les sols ferrugineux, Pancher s.n.; first step lectotype, designated by Boiteau (1981: 277): P ; second step lectotype, designated here: Pancher s.n.: P [ P04216012 !], ( Fig. 3 & 4 )

= Parsonsia reflexa Baillon (1888: 765) . Type: New Caledonia, Collines éruptives à l’embouchure du Dotio [Dothio], Dec. 1871, Balansa 3481; holotype: P [ P04216008 !], syn. nov .

= Parsonsia pubercula Baillon (1888: 765) . Type: New Caledonia, Collines éruptives à l’embouchure du Tio [Thio], May 1872, Balansa 3648; probable holotype: P [ P04216010 !], syn. nov .

= Parsonsia linearis Baillon (1888: 766) . Type: New Caledonia, Collines argilo-ferrugineuses situées sur le versant occidental du Mont Mi, 25 Mar. 1869, Balansa 1411; probable holotype: P [ P04223986 !], nom. illeg. Non Parsonsia linearis Bosse (1849: 501) .

= Parsonsia lanceolata Schlechter (1906: 240) . Type: Süd-Bezirk: zwischen Gebüsch auf den Abhängen der Berge am NGoye, ca. 400 m, 05 Nov. 1902. Schlechter 15227; probable holotype, probably destroyed in B, nom. illeg. Non Parsonsia lanceolata Brown (1810b: 466) .

= Parsonsia micans Schlechter (1906: 241) . Type: New Caledonia, auf den Bergen am Ngoye, 400 m, 05 Nov. 1902, Schlechter [15225]; lectotype, designated by Boiteau (1981: 277): K[K000857619image!]; isolectotype: P[P04216015image!]. Holotype: B†, syn. nov.

= Parsonsia celastrinea Baill. ex Guillaumin (1941: 376) . Type: New Caledonia, Cours supérieur de la Tamoa, sur les collines ferrugineuses, Apr. 1870, Balansa 2827; holotype: P [ P04216017 !], syn. nov .

= Parsonsia bureavi Baill. in Guillaumin (1941: 375), nom. inval. pro syn., in Guillaumin (1941)

= Parsonsia variabilis Baill. ex Moore (1921: 365) , nom. illeg., Non Parsonsia variabilis Lindley (1850: 196) .

Synonymy: — Boiteau (1981), in the latest revision of the genus Parsonsia in New Caledonia, accepted two species, among others: Parsonsia flexuosa Baillon (1888) , and Parsonsia terminaliifolia Guillaumin (1945) . Within P. flexuosa, Boiteau (1981) included numerous synonyms and P. terminaliifolia was accepted without synonyms. Since Boiteau’s publication, local taxonomists agreed and accepted two entities, mostly considering P. flexuosa to be a species from South of Grande Terre , with white and pink flowers, and P. terminaliifolia a species from North of Grande Terre , with greenish–yellowish flowers. Our investigation supports the existence of two different species within this complex, however we circumscribe these differentely from Boiteau (1981). In our study, detailed examination of types suggested that both Boiteau’s species are in fact synonyms, and belong to the entity with greenish-yellowish flowers. The other entity we recognise thus corresponded to no accepted species name, but did correspond to published names considered by Boiteau as synonyms of Parsonsia flexuosa . In order to clarify both taxa, a re-circumscription of both species was needed. Further, in order to avoid any future confusions, and because Baillon’s (1888) names have equal priority (Art. 11.5 from Turland et al. 2018), we chose to select unused names for these species. Consequently, as circumscribed here, Parsonsia carnea Pancher ex Baill. is a liana characterized by loose, mostly axillary, sometimes subterminal inflorescences, with pedicel ca. 4–7 mm long, flowers ca. 5–7 mm long, and a white and/or pink corolla. It is growing in the Southern third of Grande Terre , in heathlands on ultramafics substrates. It differs from P. rigida by the corolla colour, and the longer and more acute petal lobes. Leaf shape and size is variable but lamina is almost always glabrous. Young individuals have linear leaves (e.g. P. linearis considered a neotenic form of the species), and mature ones have elliptic to lanceolate leaves, cuneate to acute at top. With regard to these criteria, careful observation of every putative synonym’s type allows to conclude that Parsonsia reflexa , Parsonsia pubercula , Parsonsia lanceolata , Parsonsia micans and Parsonsia celastrinea also belong to this species and must be considered synonyms of P. carnea . Specimens attributed to both names Parsonsia bureavi Baill. mss and Parsonsia variabilis Baill. mss, erroneously cited as Parsonsia bureavi Baill. ex Guillaumin and Parsonsia variabilis Baill. ex S.Moore by Boiteau (1981: 272) also belong to P. carnea .

Distribution and habitat: —The species is known from the southern half of Grande Terre , on ultramafic substrates ( Fig. 3 ). It grows in shrublands (locally known as “maquis minier”) or at rainforest edges.

Phenology: —From herbarium specimens and field observations, flowers can be seen all year round. Fruits are known from February to August.

Conservation status: —This species has been evaluated by the RLA-NC plants as Least Concern, regarding its relatively common distribution (Endemia & RLA Flore NC, 2022).

Notes: — Boiteau (1981: 277) cited the specimen Pancher s.n. as type of P. carnea . Two specimens with Pancher’s typical blue labels and annoted by Pancher himself as “ Parsonsia carnea ” from “Landes sur sols ferrugineux” were retrieved at P (P04216011 and P04216012). We propose to select P04216012 as the second step lectotype because it is the only one annotated in Baillon’s hand as “ Parsonsia carnea Panch. ” and in accordance with the protologue “ Pancher, N. Caledonia, in aridis ferruginosis ”.

Schlechter (1906) described P. micans based on his own gathering Schlechter 15225. Since the original holotype was probably destroyed in the Berlin herbarium during World War II, a lectotypification is thus recommended and was implicitly done by Boiteau (1981: 277) who designated a K specimen as the “type” (i.e. lectotype) of the name. Two specimens were retrieved in P and K (P04216015, K000857619). The K specimen (the image shows only half of the sheet and the specimen has mature flowers – contacted, Sally Dawson of K herbarium confirmed that no material was hidden on the other half of the sheet) does not bear Schlechter’s field number but was collected the same day, at the same place, and was identified as “ Parsonsia micans n. sp. ” by Schlechter himself. The P specimen bears Schlechter’s collecting number but the flowers are at the bud stage. There is no sign of typification by Boiteau on both sheets but we have to follow Boiteau’s (1981: 277) lectotypification by choosing the K specimen as the lectotype and by adding the P one as an isolectotype.

Schlechter (1906) described P. lanceolata based on Schlechter 15227. No specimen of this collection was retrieved during this study and we suppose the only specimen was destroyed in B during World War II. Schlechter described P. lanceolata as close to Parsonsia flexuosa Baill. but without detailing the differences. Later, Guillaumin (1941) included the species within his key but cited no specimen; we thus suppose that he based his work only on Schlechter’s protologue. In this key, P. lanceolata was included within the species complex here represented by P. carnea and P. rigida . The species was supposed to differ from all others by the leaves glabrous below, lamina cuneate at base, and acute at top. Finally, Boiteau (1981) included the species as synonym of P. flexuosa , but Schlechter 15227 was not cited as studied material. Here again we suppose he based his work on previous revisions, but did not see the specimen. Regarding Schlechter’s (1906) protologue, Schlechter 15227 has large loose inflorescences (ca. 8 cm wide in diameter), with glabrous pedicel 0.7 cm long and corolla about 0.6 cm long. According to these characters, together with the leaf shape, we conclude that this name should be synonymized under P. carnea as circumscribed here. Moreover, this specimen was probably collected the same day and not far from Schlechter 15225, type of Parsonsia micans Schltr. here considered synonym of P. carnea . In addition, the name P. lanceolata Schltr. is illegitimate because Brown (1810b) already published this binomial for an Australian species.

Specimen examined:— NEW CALEDONIA. North province: Montagne du lac près de Canala, 1869, Delacour s.n. ( P04245464 !d) ; Montagnes ferrugineuses de Kanala, 1861, Deplanche 71 ( P04255966 !d, P04255967 !d, P04255973 !d) ; Presqu’Ile de Bogota , 22 August 1965, MacKee 13325 ( P04255928 !d) ; Canala Bogota , elev. 550 m, 21°29’40”S, 166°0’54”E, 24 June 2014, Vandrot 874 ( NOU064858 !) ; Montagnes ferrugineuses de Kanala, 1866, Vieillard 2987 ( P04255976 !d, P04255977 !d) ; Balade, 1855, Vieillard 984bis ( P04223999 !d) ; Canala , 23 February 1912, s.coll. 554, (Z-000030483!d) .

NEW CALEDONIA. South province: Montagne des Sources , 24 January 1950, Baas-Becking 5953 (Z-000034003!d) ; Montagne des Sources , 24 January 1951, Baas-Becking 5954, (Z-000030487!d) ; Baie des Pirogues , 12 March 1950, Baas-Becking 5991 (Z-000034011!d) ; Baie des Pirogues , 12 March 1950, Baas-Becking 5992 (Z-000030485!d) ; Mont Mi , 25 March 1869, Balansa 1411 ( P04223986 !d) ; entre St. Louis et Ounia , 1868, Balansa 1412 ( P04223988 !d, P04223991 !d) ; entre St. Louis et Ounia , 21 December 1868, Balansa 1412a, ( P04223990 !d) ; entre St. Louis et Ounia , 21 December 1868, Balansa 1412b ( P04223992 !d, P04223993 !d) ; Bord de la Kouvélé, 30 January 1869, Balansa 1412c ( P04223989 !d) ; Cours supérieur de la Tamoa, 01 April 1870, Balansa 2827 ( P04216017 !d) ; Embouchure du Dotio, 01 December 1871, Balansa 3481 ( P04216008 !d) ; A l’embouchure du Tio, 01 May 1872, Balansa 3648 ( P04216010 !d) ; Mine Galliéni , 13 December 1977, Bamps 5970 ( NOU058912 !, P04548456 !d, L.3719473!d) ; Dumbéa , Baudouin 536 ( P04223982 !d) ; Dumbéa , Baudouin 928 ( P04255980 !d) ; Montagne des Sources , 24 January 1950, Baumann-Bodenheim 5953 ( P04223940 !d) ; Montagne des Sources , 24 January 1950, Baumann-Bodenheim 5954 ( P04223995 !d) ; Marais Kiki , 28 September1950, Baumann-Bodenheim 6381 ( L.3719447!d, P04255961 !d, US 2316467!d, Z-000034008!d, Z-000034009!d) ; Baie des Pirogues , 05 February 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 10145 ( P04223963 !d) ; Route de Yaté km40, 21 February 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 10752 ( L.3719451!d, P04255986 !d, Z-000034007!d) ; Rivière Bleue , 22 February 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 10972 ( L.3719449!d, P04223943 !d) ; Mt Dore , 21 March 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 11333 ( L.3719445!d, P04255985 !d) ; Mt Dore , 21 March 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 11425 ( L.3719546!d, P04223942 !d, Z-000030490!d) ; Rivière des Pirogues sup., 29 March 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 11578 ( L.3719448!d, P04255963 !d, P04255984 !d, US 2316596!d, US 2316597!d, Z-000034004!d) ; Madeleine , 30 March 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 11744 ( L.3719452!d, P04223945 !d, Z-000030499!d) ; Madeleine , 30 March 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim & Guillaumin 11804 ( L.3719453!d, P04255983 !d, Z-000034002!d) ; Ouroué , 29 July 1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 14369 ( P04223998 !d, Z-000034019!d) ; Baie de Prony - Route De Prony - Carénage , 30 January 1964, Blanchon 606 ( NOU058952 !, P04255933 !d) ; Plaine des Lacs , 13 March 1964, Blanchon 727 ( NOU058919 !) ; Plaine des Lacs , 13 March 1964, Blanchon 728 ( P04223961 !d) ; Route de la Rivière Blanche, Blanchon 1114 ( NOU058916 !, P04223964 !d) ; Baie des Pirogues , 05 February 1951, Brunelet 10145 (Z-000034091!d) ; Thio, basse Nèbürü , elev. 100 m, 21°40’37”S, 166°12’36”E, 01 October 2019, Bruy 1471 ( NOU106861 !, P00971332 !) ; Plaine des Lacs , 09 December 1947, Buchholz 1470/1970 A, ( P04216005 !d, US 1968884!d) ; On east slope of Mt Dore road to Plum , elev. 50 m, 02 February 1948, Buchholz 1623 ( P04223972 !d) ; Plaine des Lacs , 19 January 1978, Cabalion 356 ( P05264004 !d, P04910819 !d) ; Route menant au sommet du Mont Do, elev. 730 m, 21°45’56”S, 166°0’11”E, 20 January 2010, Callmander, Buerki et al. 804 ( MO100245321 !d, NOU053223 !, P04575617 !d) ; Rivière Comboui , Compton 2219 ( P04223974 !d, P04223977 !d) ; Prony , Cribs 1608, ( P04223978 !d) ; Sin. loc., Cribs s.n., ( P04223980 !d) ; Sud-ouest du Mamié, elev. 550m, 15 March 2000, Dagostini 235 ( NOU058940 !) ; Massif du Mamié, 5 November 2005, Dagostini 1355 ( NOU023778 !) ; über der Hermitage am Mt. Koghis , 31 January 1926, Däniker 2722 (Z-000034096!d, Z-000034097!d) ; Prony , 5 February 1926, Däniker 2754 (Z-000034095!d) ; Prony , 4 February 1926, Däniker 2754a (Z-000034093!d) ; Prony , 5 February 1926, Däniker 2755 (Z-000030484!d) ; Baie Ngo , 4 February 1926, Däniker 2766 (Z-000034094!d) ; Route de Yaté , 10 February 1975, Debray 2179 ( P04910821 !d) ; Route de Yaté , 28 March 1975, Debray 2238 ( P04910822 !d) ; Port Boisé , Deplanche 285 ( P04255970 !d) ; sin. loc., 1861, Deplanche 292 ( P04216019 !d) ; sin.loc., 1861, Deplanche 293 ( P04255968 !d) ; sin.loc., 1861, Deplanche 293 ( P04255969 !d) ; Mt. du Puy, 1861, Deplanche 73 ( P00624943 !d, P00624944 !d, P04255978 !d) ; Bord de la Dumbéa, 25 December 1911, Franc 26 ( P04223976 !d) ; sin. loc., Franc 422 A, ( P04223983 !d, P04223985 !d, Z-000030498!d) ; Prony , August 1913, Franc 1652 A ( P04223984 !d, P04216007 !d, Z-000030497!d) ; Prony , August 1913, Franc 1652 B ( P04223981 !d, Z-000030496!d) ; Ile Ouen , elev. 81 m, 22°25’4”S, 166°49’57”E, 16 August 2016, Gâteblé 969 ( NOU105496 !) ; Rivière des Lacs , 6 October 1950, Guillaumin & Baumann-Bodenheim 6611 ( P04255992 !d) ; Presqu’Ile Ducos , 28 February 1951, Guillaumin 11055 ( P04223994 !d) ; Ile des Pins , 1 April 1951, Guillaumin & Baumann-Bodenheim 12015 ( P04255962 !d, Z-000034005!d) ; Pouéta Kouré , 10 May1951, Guillaumin & Baumann-Bodenheim 13323 ( L.3719450!d, Z-000034006!d) ; Pouéta Kouré , 28 December 1950, Hürlimann 207 ( P04223941 !d, US 2316377!d, Z-000030489!d) ; Pouéta Kouré , elev. 500 m, 31 December 1950, Hürlimann 556 ( P04223997 !d, Z-000030488!d) ; Kuébini , 10 January 1951, Hürlimann 590 ( P04255987 !d, Z-000034010!d) ; Fausse Yaté , 12 January 1951, Hürlimann 649 ( P04255965 !d, Z-000030500!d) ; Secteur du Mont Dore, 4 January 1978, Jaffré 2125 ( NOU058942 !) ; Route de Yaté , 20 January 1978, Jaffré 2258 ( NOU058950 !, P04910809 !d) ; Mount Koghis , 14 March 1949, Lam 7193 ( L.2706405!d) ; Mont Do , elev. 1000 m, 1 February 1984, Lauri 145 ( NOU058923 !) ; Dumbéa , 1903, Le Rat 121 ( P04224000 !d) ; Plum , Le Rat 257-3 ( P04255994 !d) ; Plum , Le Rat 257-5 ( P04223987 !d) ; Zone maritime de Prony, Le Rat 329 ( P04255991 !d) ; Mt Dzumac , Le Rat 611 ( P04255996 !d) ; Caricouié , 1903, Le Rat 432 ( P04255990 !d) ; sin.loc., Le Rat 527 ( P04255989 !d, P04255995 !d) ; Mont Dzumac , January 1909, Le Rat 109x ( P04255993 !d) ; Plaine des lacs, elev. 400 m, 14 December 1949, MacDaniels 2520 ( P04255988 !d) ; Plaine des Lacs , elev. 150 m, 21 January 1955, MacKee 1959, ( L.2706400!d, P04223960 !d, US 2187139!d) ; Yaté Road , elev. 200 m, 30 January 1955, MacKee 2046 ( L.2706401!d, P04255964 !d, US 2192522!d) ; Route de la Montagne des Sources , 2 January 1956, MacKee 3715 ( L.2706402!d, P04223965 !d, P04223968 !d) ; Vallée de Dumbéa : en-dessous du Barrage, elev. 100 m, 17 March 1956, MacKee 4089 ( P04223967 !d) ; Vallée de Dumbéa en-dessous du Barrage, elev. 100 m, 17 March 1956, MacKee 4090 ( P04223970 !d) ; Vallée de Dumbéa :au-dessus du barrage, elev. 100 m, 22°8’26.016S, 166°31’21.000E, 12May 1956, MacKee 4539 ( L.2706403!d, P04223969 !d) ; Route de la Montagne des Sources , elev. 500 m, 27 October 1956, MacKee 5664 ( P04223971 !d) ; Upper Tontouta Valley Near Mine Galliéni , 25 December 1960, MacKee 7747 ( L.2706399!d, P04223973 !d, US 2375589!d) ; Vallée Dumbéa , elev. 30 m, 3 March 1965, MacKee 12183 ( P04255936 !d) ; Vallée de la Ouinné , elev. 500 m, 8 July 1965, MacKee 12917 ( P04216002 !d) ; Basse Vallée de Thio , elev. 10 m, 25 February 1966, MacKee 14470 ( P04255953 !d) ; Kuébini , elev. 10 m, 6 March 1966, MacKee 14494 ( P04216016 !d) ; Le Carénage ( Baie de Prony ), elev. 10–100 m, MacKee 14502 ( L.2703049!d, P04255927 !d) ; Thio Koundi , 5 February 1967, MacKee 16387 ( P04255954 !d) ; Thio, Vallée de La Nembrou , 4 March 1967, MacKee 16469 ( P04223966 !d) ; Monts Kouanénoa , elev. 200 m, 31 January 1969, MacKee 20232 ( P04223957 !d) ; Mt. Tonta: Pente au-dessus Mine Lilliane , elev. 500 m, 6 November 1970, MacKee 22980 ( NOU058945 !, P04255926 !d) ; Prony le Carénage , 3 March 1971, MacKee 23379 ( L.2703051!d, NOU058931 !, P04255931 !d) ; Yaté: Hauteurs à l’Est du Barrage , elev. 350 m, 23 March 1971, MacKee 23455 ( P04223954 !d) ; Route de Yaté Rivière des Lacs , elev. 200 m, 2 February 1973, MacKee 26212 ( P04223955 !d) ; Route de Yaté: Rivière des Lacs , 2 February 1973, MacKee 26213 ( L.2703046!d, P04223958 !d) ; Vallée de la Ouinné , elev. 50 m, 25 May 1974, MacKee 28699 ( P04255932 !d) ; Plateau au Sud du Village de Yaté, elev. 300 m, 19 January 1975, MacKee 29662 ( P04216004 !d, P05263608 !d) ; Yaté: entre le barrage et la rivière des Lacs , 19 January 1975, MacKee 29668 ( L.2703048!d, P04255925 !d) ; Plaine des Lacs: Route du carénage, 29 January 1975, MacKee 29718 ( L.2703040!d, P04223959 !d) ; Pente W Mt. Mou , elev. 700 m, 27 February 1975, MacKee 29820 ( P04255922 !d) ; Yaté barrage, 11 November 1975, MacKee 30227 ( L.2703047!d, NOU058921 !, P04223956 !d) ; Rivière Bleue de Prony , 23 March 1976, MacKee 30890 ( L.2703045!d, NOU058922 !, P04223962 !d) ; Vallée de la Ouinné , elev. 30 m, 25 December 1976, MacKee 32507 ( P04255934 !d) ; Crête au Sud de la Baie de Ouinné, elev. 300 m, 27 December 1976, MacKee 32529 ( P04255935 !d) ; Mt. Do , elev. 900 m, 23 March 1977, MacKee 32939 ( P04255924 !d) ; Mont Do , elev. 600 m, 23 March 1977, MacKee 32950 ( P04255923 !d) ; Mt. Mou , elev. 1100 m, 22 July 1979, MacKee 37219 ( P04255998 !d) ; Forested slopes above the Rivière Ni , elev. 800 m, 24 October 2004, McPherson & Munzinger 19300 ( MO2698554 !d) ; Forêt Faux Bon Secours , 29 April 1982, Morat 6897 ( NOU058918 !) ; Mont Do , 21°45’34.999”S, 166°7’59.988”E, 8 February 2013, Munzinger 7123 ( NOU084946 !) ; Mont Dore , 6 May 1966, Nothis 126 ( NOU058948 !) ; Prony , 6 June 1966, Nothis 177 ( NOU058941 !, P05263606 !d) ; Prony , 6 June 1966, Nothis 178 ( NOU058937 !, P04910813 !d) ; Creek Pernod , 22 March 1967, Nothis 336 ( NOU058933 !) ; Route du Carénage , 11 May 1967, Nothis 351 ( NOU058951 !) ; Route de Yaté , 11 May 1967, Nothis 352 ( NOU058949 !) ; sin.loc., Pancher 270 ( P04255972 !d) ; sin.loc., Pancher 292 ( P04216021 !d) ; sin.loc., Pancher 469 ( P04216011 !d) ; sin. loc. Pancher 581 ( P04255981 !d) ; sin.loc., Pancher s.n., ( P04216013 !d) ; sin.loc., 1862, Pancher s.n. ( P04216012 !d) ; sin.loc., 1870, Pancher s.n. ( P04216014 !d) ; Massif du Kouakoué , elev. 950 m, 30 April 2004, Pignal, Munzinger & Lowry 2414 ( NOU052375 !, P00771533 !d) ; Süd Baie, zwischen NGo und Touaourou , 1 August 1903, Rohrdorf 143 (Z-000030493!d) ; Yaté , 17 March 1912, Sarasin 640 (Z-000030494!d) ; Plaine des Lacs , 22 January 1911, Sarasin 691 ( P04223979 !d, Z-000030495!d) ; Auf den Bergen am Ngoye , elev. 400 m, 5 November 1902, Schlechter 15225 ( P04216015 !d) ; Am Ngoye , elev. 400 m, 5 November 1902, Schlechter s.n. ( K000857619 !d) ; Dumbéa, branche Nord , 30 March 1966, Schmid 1105 ( NOU058914 !) ; Dumbéa branche Nord , 30 March 1966, Schmid 1106 ( NOU058932 !) ; Vers Les Chutes de la Madeleine , 28 July 1966, Schmid 1349 ( NOU058920 !) ; Port-Boisé , 23 January 1969, Schmid 2642 ( NOU058913 !) ; Route Rivière Bleue , 24 January 1968, Sévenet 93 S, ( P04548468 !d) ; Route de Yaté , 27 April 1976, Suprin 23 ( NOU058954 !) ; Mont Dore , elev. 700 m, 29 December 1982, Suprin 2195 ( P04548467 !d) ; Au Sud Est de la chute, 4 December 1980, Suprin 964 ( NOU058917 !) ; A l’Est de la Chute, 4 December 1980, Suprin 969 ( NOU058924 !) ; sin.loc., 1865, Thiébaud 298 ( P04223975 !d) ; Dumbéa N., 1 February 1973, Veillon 2828 ( NOU058928 !, P04548469 !d) ; Rive Gauche du Creek Pernod, 14 January 1966, Veillon 597 ( NOU058911 !) ; Rive Gauche du Creek Pernod, 14 January 1966, Veillon 598 ( NOU058930 !) ; Cap de la Reine Charlotte, elev. 60 m, 6 May 1990, Veillon 7265 ( NOU058902 !) ; Tontouta Rive Droite du Creek Wanewano, elev. 20 m, 26 March 1996, Veillon 7912 ( NOU058935 !) ; Vallée de la Tontouta, Rive Gauche du Creek Wanewano, elev. 20 m, 26 March 1996, Veillon 7924 ( NOU058944 !) ; sin.loc., 1855, Vieillard 979 ( P04255974 !d) ; Coteaux ferrugineux, Vieillard 2985 ( P04255982 !d) ; Plaine des Lacs , elev. 200 m, 2 April 1942, Virot 635 ( NOU058909 !, P04223944 !d) ; Plaine des Lacs , elev. 250 m, 30 March 1942, Virot 685 ( P04223996 !d) ; Haute Dumbéa, branche Nord , elev. 100 m, 29 November 1942, Virot 906 ( P04255956 !d, P04255957 !d) ; Rive Droite de la Tontouta, 14 January 1945, Virot 1449 ( L.2702984!d, P04223948 !d, P04223949 !d, S-PL-18003!d) ; Crêtes séparant la baie N’Go de la vallée de la rivière des Pirogues , elev. 200 m, 9 April 1945, Virot 1535 ( P04223953 !d) ; Crêtes séparant la baie N’Go de la vallée de la rivière des Pirogues , elev. 200 m, 9 April 1945, Virot 1536 ( P04255960 !d) ; Bords de La Couvelée , 12 August 1945, Virot 1547 ( P04223950 !d, P04223951 !d) ; Route de Yaté. Vallée de la Numbée , elev. 50 m, 25 December 1945, Virot 1557 ( P04223952 !d, P04255959 !d) ; Col de Plum , elev. 150 m, 16 January 1943, Virot 933 ( NOU058934 !, P04255958 !d) ; La Coulée, elev. 100 m, 9 December 1973, Webster 19141 ( P05263607 !d) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Drawing of Parsonsia bogotensis.A—Flowering branches; B—Detail of the colleters at petiole insertion; C—Adaxial side of the leaf; D—Fruit; E—Flower, F—Flower from above, G—Longitudinal section of the flower. Illustrator: Ramon L.

FIGURE 2. Pictures of Parsonsia bogotensis in its habitat (A), with detail of a twig (B), flower (C) and an immature fruit (D). Credit: Gâteblé G.

FIGURE 3. Known distribution of Parsonsia bogotensis (squares) and Parsonsia carnea (dots). Symbol with “T” represent type specimen of P. bogotensis. P. carnea types’s locality is too uncertain to allow mapping. Grayed areas represent ultramafic substrates.

FIGURE 4. General habit of Parsonsia carnea (A), with detail of inflorescence (B), and extremes of flowers colour (C and D). Credit: Lannuzel G. Pictures taken in Tontouta valley (A to C) and Mont Do (D) localities.