Gossia aphthosa subsp. longipedunculata N. Snow & Munzinger 2020, subsp. nov.
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Description
Gossia aphthosa subsp. longipedunculata N. Snow & Munzinger, subsp. nov. (Figs 5; 13E-I)
Differing from Gossia aphthosa subsp. austro-orientalis N. Snow & K. Gandhi, subsp. nov. by its somewhat longer inflorescences (5-8 cm vs less than 6 cm in G. a. subsp. austro-orientalis N. Snow & K. Gandhi, subsp. nov.), more stiffly coriaceous leaf blades, and different eco-geography. Also resembling Gossia colnettiana, but that species has rounded to cuneate leaf bases (vs cordate-clasping leaf bases in G. a. subsp. austro-orientalis N. Snow & K. Gandhi, subsp. nov.).
TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Haute Amoa, 21°00’02.98”S, 165°14’31.99”E, 300-400 m, 7.IX.1968, MacKee 19502 (holo-, P [P05094105]; iso-, NOU [NOU029685]).
PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Nékoro, prop. P. Johnson, 1.IV.2004, Dagostini 654 (NOU [NOU001193); Haute Vallée de l’Amoa, 21°00’02.98”S, 165°14’31.99”E, 12.VIII.1965, MacKee 13229 (BISH, MO[MO-04777159], NOU [NOU023797], P[P00462868, P00462869, P00462870]; ibid. loco, 300 m, 28.IV.1968, MacKee 18698 (NOU [NOU029687], P[P02089984]); Ponérihouen, 21°11’00.99”S, 165°17’48.98”E, 700-900 m, 6.XI.1972, MacK- ee 25749 (NOU [NOU053235]); ibid. loco, 21°11’00.99”S, 165°17’48.98”E, 28.IV.1973, MacKee 26628 (NOU [NOU053235, NOU053038); HauteTchamba, 21°0’55”S, 165°15’6”E, 10.XI.2002, Munzinger 1456 et al. (MO[MO-04767308], NOU [NOU002675], P[P00354535], WELTU).
REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P00354535.
ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to the relatively long peduncles occurring on many specimens.
DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Central Grande Terre, near Ponérihouen, Haute Tchamba, and Haute vallée de l’Amoa (Fig. 5) in humid forests on volcanic-sedimentary soils, 300- 900 m. Flowering confirmed August through April; fruiting October and November.
REMARKS
This subspecies is recognized most easily by its large (8-12 mm) petals. (An unpublished manuscript name of mine for some specimens was Gossia “grandiflora”.) The inflorescences often are densely fasciculate in leaf axils or on branches and stems. It can also resemble G. kuakuensis, but that species has larger flowers and a slightly ribbed to rugose hypanthium.
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BISH, NOU , NOU , NOU, WELTU , P
- Event date
- 1965-08-12 , 1968-04-28 , 1968-09-07 , 1972-11-06 , 1973-04-28 , 2002-11-10 , 2004-04-01
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Gossia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- MO-04767308, NOU002675 , MO-04777159, NOU023797 , NOU001193 , NOU029687 , NOU053235 , NOU053235, NOU053038 , P05094105
- Order
- Myrtales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- N. Snow & Munzinger
- Species
- longipedunculata
- Taxonomic status
- subsp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Verbatim event date
- 1965-08-12 , 1968-04-28 , 1968-09-07 , 1972-11-06 , 1973-04-28 , 2002-11-10 , 2004-04-01
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gossia aphthosa subsp. longipedunculata Snow, 2020