Alectryon vitiensis : A New Species of Sapindaceae Endemic to Fiji

Sven Buerki (1) , Porter P. Lowry (2, 3) , Jérôme Munzinger (4) , Marika Tuiwawa (5) , Alivereti Naikatini (5) , Martin Callmander (6)

1 Jodrell Laboratory
2 Missouri Botanical Garden
3 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité
4 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
5 USP - University of the South Pacific
6 CJBG - Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de Genève

A new species of Alectryon Gaertn. (Sapindaceae) endemic to the Fijian archipelago is described as A. vitiensis Buerki, Lowry, Munzinger and they belong to different clades. The new species is provisionally assigned a conservation status of ?Endangered? according to the IUCN Red List criteria.

Mots clés: Sapindaceae; Pacific islands; Alectryon; conservation; Cupania group; IUCN Red List; molecular systematics

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Botanique; Ecosystèmes

Sven Buerki, Porter P. Lowry, Jérôme Munzinger, Marika Tuiwawa, Alivereti Naikatini, et al.. Alectryon vitiensis : A New Species of Sapindaceae Endemic to Fiji. Novon, 2017, 25 (4), pp.421 - 429. ⟨10.3417/d-16-00006⟩. ⟨hal-01851500⟩