The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Upper Guinea: A synoptic revision Author Breteler, F. J. text Adansonia 2001 3 23 2 247 264 journal article http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5180184 1639-4798 5180184 8. Trichoscypha liberica Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 108 (1892) ; Keay in Hutch. & Dalz. , Fl. West Trop. Afr. , ed. 2, 1: 737 (1958). — Type : Naumann s.n., Liberia , near Monrovia, Ƌ fl. Aug. (holo-, B, delet.). Neotype (designated here): Jansen 2151, Liberia , 18 miles S of Tchien , Ƌ fl. July ( WAG ; iso-, BR n.v., MO n.v., P). Shrub or small tree to 10 m tall, trunk to 15 cm in diam. Leaves 3-5-jugate; leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, minutely pustulate above, elliptic, up to 28 × 8 cm with 13 pairs of main lateral nerves or less. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. Male flowers purple-red. Fruit unknown. — Figs. 1 H-I, 9. HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Rain forest of Liberia . SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — LIBERIA : Jansen 2151, 18 miles S of Tchien , Ƌ fl. July (P, WAG ), neotype ; Voorhoeve 452 , Monrovia, ♀ fl. Sep. ( WAG ); 1209B, Duport, ♀ fl. Aug. (K) . NOTE. — The neotype that has been designated does not fit the original description of T. liberica in all aspects. The number of lateral nerves for instance are 4-6 in the original diagnosis, much lower than in the specimens assigned to this species in this publication. Analysis of ENGLER’ s description reveals that his mention of 4-6 veins must be too low. He described the size of the leaflets as 10-15 × 5-6 cm , and the nerves as being 1-1.5 cm apart. Based on these data the number of main laterals must therefore have been higher than 4-6 pairs. The second notable difference is seen in the male flowers, which ENGLER described as sessile whereas in the neotype the flowers have a pedicel of 1-1.5 mm . This difference may be of little importance as, at least in some species (e.g. T. lucens ), this element varies to the same degree.