@article{fdi:010046276, title = {{T}hree new species of {P}lanchonella {P}ierre ({S}apotaceae) with a dichotomous and an online key to the genus in {N}ew {C}aledonia}, author = {{M}unzinger, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {S}wenson, {U}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n spite of a recent publication of eight new species of {P}lanchonella ({S}apotaceae) from {N}ew {C}aledonia, three additional novelties are here described and illustrated ({P}. cauliflora, {P}. ericiflora, and {P}. minutiflora). {P}lanchonella cauliflora was discovered in 2006 near {L}a {F}oa and is the first and sole member in the archipelago with a cauliflorous inflorescence, a genus otherwise having axillary flowers (rarely, ramiflorous). {T}he other two were discovered among herbarium material but not earlier identified as new. {A} recent suggested hypothesis ({S}wenson et al. 2007b) that fruit morphology indicates phylogenetic relationships within {P}lanchonella is supported. {A} ridged fruit with acuminate apices and a short style place {P}. cauliflora in their {C}lade {D}1, a clade confined to {N}ew {C}aledonia. {F}ruits of {P}. minutiflora are unknown, but based on {ITS} sequence data it belongs to the same clade as {P}. cauliflora and it is predicted that the fruit is similar. {M}olecular sequences of {P}. ericiflora are still missing, but based on a pear-shaped fruit, round apices and a fairly long style, we believe it is closely related to a different clade of {P}lanchonella that is also restricted to {N}ew {C}aledonia. {A}ll three species have very narrow distributions and match the criteria of the {IUCN} red list as {C}ritically {E}ndangered. {P}lanchonella contains henceforth 36 species in {N}ew {C}aledonia to which we here provide a diagnostic and an interactive online key under {X}per(2), available at ftp://ftp.ird.nc/pub/outgoing/biologic/herbier-nou/.}, keywords = {{ESPECE} {NOUVELLE} ; {DESCRIPTION} ; {TAXONOMIE} ; {CLE} {DE} {DETERMINATION} ; {PLANTE} ; {S}apotaceae ; {P}lanchonella ; {X}per2 ; {IUCN} status ; {N}ew {C}aledonia ; new species ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}dansonia}, volume = {31}, numero = {1}, pages = {175--189}, ISSN = {1280-8571}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.5252/a2009n1a12}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046276}, }