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R.D. Stone
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25544
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(
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!)
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.
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Affinis
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sed ab eo internodiis brevibus plerumque
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) in sicco supra laete viridi subtus pallidiore (non obscure viridi vel nigricante) atque floribus minoribus hypantho-calyce 11.5
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Evergreen
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; young branchlets subquadrangular, bark grayish white, with age becoming terete and longitudinally fissured; nodes thickened; internodes mostly
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long (rarely to
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).
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subcoriaceous, brittle when dry (fibrous sclereids very few or very short?), bright green on the adaxial surface, paler abaxially; petioles c.
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long; blades narrowly elliptic, 4.3 5.4 ×
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, base cuneate, apex obtusely acuminate, acumen 6(8) mm long; midnerve finely impressed adaxially, somewhat prominent abaxially; transverse veins ± visible, subprominent on both surfaces (especially beneath), oriented at an oblique angle relative to the midnerve, joined with the faint lateral nerves
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from the margin.
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long, glomerulate at the nodes below the leaves, grouping up to 6(10) flowers per node; peduncle absent or to
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long; axes contracted, marked by several pairs of squamiform, imbricate, ± persistent bracts.
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on slender pedicels
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long; hypantho-calyx obconic to cupulopatellate, 1 1.5 ×
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, margin shallowly sinuate-dentate; corolla before anthesis broadly conical to rounded-apiculate, c.
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high; petals ± triangular, c. 2 ×
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, base auriculate above the short claw, apex acuminate-acute, midnerve visible as a dark line on the exterior (abaxial) side; stamens dolabriform, anthers
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long, thecae fronto-ventral; connective dorsally incurved by the median oil-gland, posterior extremity acute, filaments
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long; epigynous chamber shallow but with 8 membranous interstaminal partitions with additional lines beneath the scars of the petals and filaments; style
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long.
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unknown.
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. The epithet
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meaning “river” (in reference to the habitat of this plant).
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. The
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and only known collection of
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is from southeastern
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, at the extreme southern end of the central plateau (
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). This locality is in the vicinity (or on the outskirts) of what is now parcel 1 of the Andohahela National Park. The habitat was evidently in riverine or gallery forest.
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADF6378507079FE89" box="[839,1054,279,303]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">Conservation status</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60AD8617850715DFE89" box="[1093,1338,279,303]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">Memecylon potamicum</emphasis>
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is known from a single location with an AOO of
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². The species has not been seen for more than 50 years, but is presumed extant because the collecting locality was evidently near or adjacent to a large protected area (parcel 1 of Andohahela National Park). Lacking current data on population status and threats,
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADF50789F706FFE49" box="[884,1032,472,495]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">M. potamicum</emphasis>
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is provisionally assessed as “Vulnerable” [VU D2] in accordance with IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
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).
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADF637B1F77E6FDC9" box="[839,897,600,623]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">Notes</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADF817B1070F1FDC9" box="[933,1174,599,623]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">Memecylon potamicum</emphasis>
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might be confused with
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADF057B3F77A2FD29" box="[801,965,631,655]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">M. louvelianum</emphasis>
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(a widespread and somewhat variable species of which there are several collections from the same vicinity, i.e., in or near the Andohahela National Park). The two species are evidently closely related, and one could consider the possibility that the material described here as
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60AD8DE7BBF71F5FCA9" box="[1274,1426,760,783]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">M. potamicum</emphasis>
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is nothing more than a (rheophytic?) form of
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60AD9277A5F71CCFC89" box="[1283,1451,791,815]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">M. louvelianum</emphasis>
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with relatively small, narrow, obtusely acuminate leaves. However,
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADFB67A1F704CFCC9" box="[914,1067,856,879]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">M. potamicum</emphasis>
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is further distinguished by several other characters including its shorter internodes, leaves bright green on the adaxial surface in dried material (vs. dark green to blackish in
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<emphasis id="B940FD5EFF81F60ADFBF7AFF7059FC69" box="[923,1086,951,975]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="232">M. louvelianum</emphasis>
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), and smaller flowers.
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