Pycnandra belepensis Swenson & Munzinger

HOLOTYPE

Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P02273732

Sector

CAL (New Caledonia)

Taxonomy

Family

Sapotaceae

Genus

Pycnandra

Species

Pycnandra belepensis

Name

Pycnandra belepensis Swenson & Munzinger

Origin

Country label

New Caledonia

Country ISO (code)

New Caledonia (nc)

Verbatim locality

Province Nord, Ile Art: North Plateau, along the most eastern prospecting track.

Phenology

Collector's name

U. Swenson

With

Jérôme Munzinger & Laure Barrabé

Collector's number

913

Collection date

2009-8-24

Altitude

260

Geographic coordinates

19° 42' 20.988'' S ; 163° 39' 57.996'' E

-19.70583 ; 163.66611

Description

Treelet with three stems from a common base, 3-4 m tall, poorly branched; leaves coriaceous, dark green above, bright green below, slightly tomentulose; flowers cream, scent of cabbage (or old socks), visited by birds; corolla lobes triangular, five; stamens 10, longer than the corolla.

Ecological note

In low, closed forest on rocky iron crust, ultramafic soil.

Determination

		HOLOTYPE	Pycnandra belepensis Swenson & Munzinger
Austral. Syst. Bot. 23(3): 189 (-191; figs. 2-3). 2010 [14 Jul 2010]

Online references

Specimen available in JSTOR