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Issue: Vol. 319 No. 1: 29 August 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.319.1.7
Page range: 111–117
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 47

The identity of Ranunculus ailaoshanicus (Ranunculaceae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
New synonymy taxonomy Yunnan Eudicots

Abstract

We demonstrate that Ranunculus ailaoshanicus (Ranunculaceae) described from Ailao Shan, Yunnan, China, is conspecific with R. ficariifolius, a very widespread and highly variable species. We therefore place the former in synonymy within the latter.