Five new species and a systematic synopsis of Pycnandra (Sapotaceae), the largest endemic genus in New Caledonia
Ulf Swenson A C and Jérôme Munzinger B
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A Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
B IRD, UMR AMAP, Botanique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations, Montpellier, F-34000 France.
C Corresponding author. Email: ulf.swenson@nrm.se
Australian Systematic Botany 29(1) 1-40 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB16001
Submitted: 13 January 2016 Accepted: 11 April 2016 Published: 30 June 2016
Abstract
Pycnandra Benth. (Sapotaceae) is the largest endemic genus in New Caledonia and is subdivided into six subgenera. An addition of five species are here described in four subgenera, viz. P. comptonioides Swenson & Munzinger, P. kouakouensis Swenson & Munzinger, P. montana Swenson & Munzinger, P. poindimiensis Swenson & Munzinger and P. versicolor Swenson & Munzinger. Another seven to nine taxa are discussed but remain undescribed owing to the lack of adequate collections (and may remain undescribed pending the interpretation of the Nagoya Protocol). Pycnandra is characterised by a non-areolate higher leaf venation, sepals glabrous on the inner surface, no staminodes, and a single-seeded fruit. The members occur in a wide range of habitats and most species have very specific substrate requirements, growing on ultramafic, non-ultramafic or calcareous substrates. Almost 40 species are restricted to ultramafic substrates and many are now at risk of extinction because of deforestation, deliberately set fires and mining. We provide a systematic synopsis with keys to subgenera and species, phenology, substrate preferences, altitudinal ranges and preliminary IUCN Red List assessments for all described taxa. Four of the five new species are assessed as Critically Endangered. Pycnandra versicolor is in urgent need of conservation management beacuse its entire distribution is inside an active mine on the Koniambo massif.
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