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Issue: Vol. 332 No. 1: 15 December 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.5
Page range: 51–58
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

The identity of Fordia microphylla and lectotypification of Millettia pulchra (Fabaceae: Millettieae)

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People’s Republic of China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People’s Republic of China
The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212 USA
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People’s Republic of China
Eudicots China Leguminosae nomenclature taxonomy

Abstract

The non-monophyletic genus Fordia is hardly distinguished from some taxa of the polyphyletic genus Millettia of the same tribe Millettieae (Fabaceae). Examination of both literature and specimens shows that the Chinese species Fordia microphylla is conspecific with the widely distributed species Millettia pulchra. Some nomenclatural questions on Fordia microphylla are clarified, and the lectotype of Millettia pulchra is designated.