TABLE 1 in Alyxia Banks ex R. Br. in New Caledonia: a clarification of several species complexes, nomenclatural notes, and a description of three new species

TABLE 1. Comparison of characters between A. stellata sensu Middleton (i.e. Loyalty islands), A. celastrinea sensu Boiteau on ultramafic soils (UM), A. celastrinea on non-ultramafic soils (NUM) and A. tisserantii as circumscribed here, based on 159 measurements (minimum value-first quartile–third quartile–maximum value). All measurements in millimeters. Measured specimens are presented in Appendix 1.
Alyxia stellataAlyxia celastrinea NUMAlyxia celastrinea UMAlyxiatisserantiiArticle length(8.01) 8.05–8.84 (9.21)(6.68) 7.34–8.38 (10)(6.95) 8–9.09 (9.36)(3.7) 4.2–4.9 (6.7)Article width(6.74) 7.29–8.03 (8.04)(5.91) 6.26–6.94 (6.98)(6.23) 6.95–7.53 (7.87)(3.7) 4.1–4.5 (6.3)Corolla tube length(2.8) 2.89–3.11 (3.17)(2.11) 2.34–2.79 (3.01)(2.42) 2.46–2.54 (2.58)(1.8) 1.9–2.1 (2.2)Calyx lobe length(0.71) 0.92–1 (1.16)(0.7) 0.83–1.09 (1.22)(0.88) 0.90–0.93 (0.95)(0.7) 0.8–1.1 (1.3)Peduncle length(4.3) 4.41–6.74 (6.78)(2.43) 4.33–6.08 (8.09)(4.67) 4.78–5.01 (5.12)(4.3) 4.5–6.4 (6.8)Leaf length(13.2) 27.8–37.6 (45.2)(22.9) 26.1–34.2 (55.6)(27.3) 30.1–50.2 (55.3)(17.8) 23.2–30.6 (39.0)Leaf width(6.4) 10.7–18.2 (22.6)(10.1) 12.8–17.3 (22.6)(10.1) 11.7–18.2 (19.5)(5.5) 7.7–10.0 (11.9)