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distichous, lamina 35.5 ×
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long, glabrescent, matte below, initially densely covered with white, silky, appressed trichomes to c.
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long and rusty, appressed trichomes c.
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long below, glabrescent, base obtuse to rounded, margin flat, apex acute to acuminate, midvein raised to slightly impressed above, glabrous or densely covered with white, curly, semi-appressed trichomes, raised below, venation weakly brochidodromous, with 69 secondary veins per side, indistinct to faintly visible and slightly raised above, slightly raised below; petiole
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solitary, in the axils of leaves, 3(4)-merous, pedicel
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in diam., bearing 79 distichous, overlapping, cucullate, scale-like bracts enclosing the flower in bud, 1.55 ×
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, broadly elliptic to circular, cucullate, becoming progressively larger from the base to apex of the pedicel, densely covered outside with white and fauve, appressed trichomes, glabrous inside, the margins densely ciliate; sepals fused into a cupular calyx, 34 ×
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, apex truncate, without any evident lobes or sometimes with three or four groups of trichomes slightly exserted above the rim, densely covered outside with appressed, fauve trichomes, glabrous inside; fused corolla with short (
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) urceolate tube and 34 spreading lobes, cream white, lobes 3 ×
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, 34-lobed, the lobes broadly triangular, 2 ×
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long, glabrous inside except with shorter trichomes apically along the rim and exposed surface of lobes, pedicel scar
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in diam.; fruit spherical to slightly obloid, the apex slightly depressed, 7.58.5 ×
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, glabrous, light brown, shiny, crowned by the persistent style/stigma,
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, glabrous, black, shiny.
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<emphasis box="[839,959,1207,1231]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="234">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species epithet is the Malagasy word for pill bugs, members of the isopod family
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, which, when rolled into a ball to assume a defensive posture, strongly resemble the squamose bracts that subtend the flower buds of
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Distribution and ecology.
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is known from a single locality in the Ambohimirahavavy massif in the northern part of the island (
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), where it was collected in high-elevation subhumid to montane forest.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="33.[801,1451,1591,1647]" pageId="33" pageNumber="234">
<emphasis box="[839,948,1591,1615]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="234">Phenology.</emphasis>
Flowering and fruiting material was collected in February.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[839,1272,1687,1711]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="234">
Conservation status.
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</emphasis>
has an extremely restricted geographic range in the form of an Area of Occupancy of
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². It is present only in the protected area of COMATSA Nord. Given the isolated and remote nature of its distribution, there are no known external threats. Therefore,
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<emphasis box="[801,942,1847,1871]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="234">D. taikintana</emphasis>
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can be assessed as “Least Concern” [LC], with the caveat that such a status is contingent upon the effective management of the COMATSA Nord protected area.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="34.[136,1447,1888,1960]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,215,1888,1909]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">Fig. 18. </emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[220,408,1888,1909]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">Diospyros taikintana</emphasis>
G.E. Schatz &amp; Lowry.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[601,621,1889,1909]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">A.</emphasis>
Branch
</taxonomicName>
with flower buds;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[859,878,1889,1909]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">B.</emphasis>
Branch with fruits;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1058,1077,1889,1909]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">C.</emphasis>
Detail of leaf venation (abaxial surface);
<emphasis bold="true" box="[136,156,1915,1935]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">D.</emphasis>
Detail of flower bud with subtending bracts;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[570,588,1915,1935]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">E.</emphasis>
Fruit (seen from side);
<emphasis bold="true" box="[799,815,1915,1935]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">F.</emphasis>
Fruit (seen from above).
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[
<emphasis bold="true" box="[142,185,1940,1960]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">A, D:</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[189,382,1938,1960]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">Service Forestier 983</emphasis>
, P;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[412,507,1939,1960]" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">BC, EF:</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[512,705,1938,1960]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="235">Service Forestier 988</emphasis>
, P] [Drawing:Alain Jouy]
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[151,458,279,303]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
Notes.
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</emphasis>
is possibly a member of the Squamosa group, which comprises nine species characterized by having leaves with the midvein impressed adaxially, and female buds and flowers enclosed within multiple distichous, overlapping, scale-like bracts (SCHATZ &amp; LOWRY, 2020). Within the Squamosa group,
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<emphasis box="[436,577,439,463]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">D. taikintana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would be distinguished by its leaves with small lamina (35.5 ×
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) bearing dense indumentum on the abaxial surface, often 3-merous female flowers, and floral bracts that form a nearly spherical cluster around each bud.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="35.[113,764,279,879]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
We strongly suspect that the material of this species represents just two collections, one in flower comprising
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Humbert &amp; Capuron 24919</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[322,528,663,687]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Service Forestier 983</emphasis>
, and the other in fruit, represented by
<emphasis box="[269,551,695,719]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Humbert &amp; Capuron 24927</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Service Forestier 988</emphasis>
. Indeed, when Capuron was in the field with Humbert (and others, e.g. Leandri), he routinely reserved material of woody collections for the Service Forestier series, resulting in a single gathering entered into both Humberts and the Service Forestier number series.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="35.[113,764,917,1043]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis box="[151,433,917,936]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Additional specimens examined.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[459,699,917,936]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
<collectingCountry box="[459,591,917,936]" name="Madagascar" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
.
<collectorName box="[601,699,917,936]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Reg. Sofia</collectorName>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
[Prov.
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]:
</emphasis>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F5091DFF8E5F27FF94FC8798CE0654:8E83EED0FF8C5F27FF09FC1B98E20184" box="[236,407,944,963]" country="Madagascar" name="Ambohimirahavavy" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" stateProvince="Mahajanga">Ambohimirahavavy</location>
,
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<collectingDate box="[417,547,943,963]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" value="1951-01-19" valueMax="1951-02-12" valueMin="1951-01-19">
19.
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12.II.1951
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</date>
, fr.,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
<collectorName box="[586,661,944,963]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Humbert</collectorName>
&amp;
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24927
</emphasis>
(
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,
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,
<collectionCode box="[283,294,971,990]" country="France" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15763" name="Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">P</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[301,347,971,990]" country="Madagascar" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13842" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13842" name="Parc de Tsimbazaza" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">TAN</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[355,410,971,990]" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15578" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15578" name="Wageningen University" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">WAG</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1951-02-05" collectingDateMax="1951-02-12" collectingDateMin="1951-01-19" collectionCode="G, MO, P, TEF" collectorName="Service Forestier" country="Madagascar" location="Ambohimirahavavy" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Mahajanga">
<emphasis box="[424,494,970,989]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">ibid. loco</emphasis>
,
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<collectingDate box="[503,575,970,989]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" value="1951-02-05">5.II.1951</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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fl.,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
<collectorName box="[631,764,971,990]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Service Forestier</collectorName>
983
</emphasis>
(
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,
<collectionCode box="[184,223,997,1016]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15859" name="Missouri Botanical Garden" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">MO</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[232,245,998,1017]" country="France" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15763" name="Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">P</collectionCode>
[2 sheets],
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)
</materialsCitation>
;
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<emphasis box="[402,473,997,1016]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">ibid. loco</emphasis>
,
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<collectingDate box="[483,557,997,1016]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" value="1951-02-06">6.II.1951</collectingDate>
</date>
, fr.,
<emphasis box="[594,764,997,1017]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">
<collectorName box="[594,727,998,1017]" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">Service Forestier</collectorName>
988
</emphasis>
(
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,
<collectionCode box="[147,163,1024,1043]" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15867" name="Royal Botanic Gardens" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">K</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[172,203,1024,1043]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15556" name="William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">NY</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[211,224,1024,1043]" country="France" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15763" name="Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">P</collectionCode>
[2 sheets],
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,
</materialsCitation>
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<collectingCountry box="[370,398,1024,1043]" name="United States of America" pageId="35" pageNumber="236">US</collectingCountry>
,
<collectionCode box="[406,428,1024,1043]" country="Austria" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15588" name="Naturhistorisches Museum Wien" pageId="35" pageNumber="236" type="Herbarium">W</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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