Taxonomic note of (Celastraceae) in China: a reassessment of Subsect. Xiphosandra.
作者信息
Yu Huiying, Guo Feiyi, Shu Yumin, Zhang Zhixiang
机构信息
Laboratory of Systematic Evolution and Biogeography of Woody Plants, College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Institute of Plant Adaptation and Utilization in Southwest Mountain, College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637002, China.
出版信息
PhytoKeys. 2018 Dec 20(114):43-54. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.114.30551. eCollection 2018.
, and . belong to Celastraceae, ParnassiaL.,Sect.NectarotrilobosDrude,Subsect.Xiphosandra (Franch.) Ku. Due to lack of material, the reliability of their taxonomic characteristics remained unknown and all three species have been retained. Following extensive field investigations, population sampling and examination of specimens, we determined that the previously used characteristics to distinguish these three species, i.e. the shape of basal leaves and the depth of staminode lobes, vary continuously within populations and should not be used to distinguish separate species. Therefore, and are hereby designated as synonyms of .
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