Nesogordonia tricarpellata (Dombeyaceae) a new species from Madagascar that compels modification of the morphological circumscription of the genus

摘要

Nesogordonia tricarpellata Skema & Dorr, >sp. nov., a new species from southeastern Madagascar, is described and illustrated. It differs from all other species of Nesogordonia Baill. in having 6–9 stamens, 3 staminodes, a 3-carpellate ovary, and a 3-valved capsule. These androecial and gynoecial characters require modification of the long-standing circumscription of the genus. The new species also has the southernmost geographic range of any species in the genus.