Contribution à la connaissance des Primulaceae (ex Myrsinaceae) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. II. Le genre Rapanea Aubl.

Adansonia

Maurice Schmid¹ 

关键词: Primulaceae;    Myrsinaceae;    Myrsine;    Rapanea;    New Caledonia;    new species;    Primulaceae;    Myrsinaceae;    Myrsine;    Rapanea;    Nouvelle-Calédonie;    espèces nouvelles;   

DOI  :  10.5252/a2009n2a8

学科分类：植物学

来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle

【 摘 要 】

TheNewCaledonianfloraisexceptionallyrichinspecieslinkedtothegenusRapanea,thestudyofwhichhavingnotbeenundertakensincetheworksofMezpublishedmorethanonecenturyago,andbasedontheexaminationofasmallnumberofcollectionsmainlymadeatlowaltitudewhenthespeciationseemstohavebeenveryactiveinmountainousareas,oftennoteasytoaccess.TheabundantmaterialpreservedtodayinParis,thankstothespecimenscollectedinthecourseofthelast60yearsbythebotanistsoftheMuseum(GuillauminandaboveallH.S.MacKee),oftheIRD(formerlyORSTOM),fromtheResearchCenterofNouméa,orcomingfromforeigncountries,mainlyfromSwitzerland(Baumann,Hürlimann,Bernardi)andfromUSA(Lowry,McPherson),justifiedanewexaminationofthegroup.Thisexaminationhoweverhasproventoberatherdelicate,thedistinctionbetweenthedifferentspecies,withinagenuswithsharpboundaries,appearingsometimesuncertain,theirtaxonomicfeaturesturningouttobeenoughfluctuating,atleastinthecaseofnumerousavailablespecimens.So,thestudybelowhastobeconsideredasatemporaryfocusing,Itisabout39species,severalofthemincludingoneorafewvarieties.Wehaveretained11ofthe14speciesmentionedbyGuillaumininhisFloreanalytiqueetsynoptiquedelaNouvelle-Calédonie,comeoutin1948,allofthem,excepttwo,describedbyMez.Theotheronesareintroducedasnew.But,followingthesurveysinthefieldactuallygoingon,subsequentworksareexpectingtopartlymodifytheproposedclassification

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