@article {20368, title = {Typification of the name Litsea mackeei (n{\'e}e Lauraceae) and its reassignment to the synonymy of Osmanthus austrocaledonicus var. austrocaledonicus (Oleaceae)}, journal = {Phytotaxa}, volume = {331}, year = {2017}, month = {12/2017}, pages = {137-143}, chapter = {137}, abstract = {

The protologue of Litsea mackeei states that its holotype is at P.\  However, two specimens bearing the type number appear to exist at P, the second specimen belonging to a species different from the first and bearing as well a label with a different collection number.\  Fortunately, a clear indication of which plant Kostermans was describing is provided by his handwritten annotation of the isotype at L.\  A lectotype is therefore chosen, the name is synonymized with Osmanthus austrocaledonicus var. austrocaledonicus and the origin of this unlikely error is discussed.

}, keywords = {New Caledonia, nomenclature}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.331.1.13}, author = {Munzinger, J{\'e}r{\^o}me and McPherson, Gordon} } @article {20350, title = {Novitates neocaledonicae IV: Three new species of Cryptocarya R.Br. (Lauraceae)}, journal = {Adansonia}, volume = {s{\'e}r. 3, 38}, year = {2016}, month = {12/2016}, pages = {165-174}, chapter = {165}, abstract = {

Three endemic new species of Cryptocarya R.Br. are described from New Caledonia.\  Cryptocarya adpressa Munzinger \& McPherson, sp. nov., is a small-leaved, pinnately veined species resembling species such as C. leptospermoides Kosterm. and C. gracilis Schltr., but differing most notably in its persistent and strongly appressed indument of the inflorescence.\  Cryptocarya barrabeae Munzinger \& McPherson, sp. nov., resembles C. pluricostata but can be distinguished most easily by its elliptical leaf shape and longer, straighter indument.\  Cryptocarya chrysea Munzinger \& McPherson, sp. nov., resembles C. guillauminii Kosterm. in its ovate, densely and persistently pubescent leaves with ascendant lateral veins, but differs most notably in its prominently lenticellate stems and abaxially golden leaves. All three new species are trees occurring in dense humid forest. Two are restricted to non-ultramafic substrate while C. chrysea, sp. nov., occurs on both substrates. They are all known from at least three protected areas, and do not appear to be threatened; thus they are all assigned a preliminarily Least Concern IUCN status.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5252/a2016n2a3}, author = {Munzinger, J{\'e}r{\^o}me and McPherson, Gordon} }