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Issue: Vol. 338 No. 2: 13 February 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.338.2.4
Page range: 195–201
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Clarification of the taxonomic identity of the Himalayan species Thalictrum neurocarpum (Ranunculaceae), with the reduction of T. austrotibeticum to its synonymy

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, 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 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, 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 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
morphology new synonymy taxonomy Thalictrum reniforme Xizang (Tibet) Eudicots

Abstract

We demonstrate that Thalictrum neurocarpum (Ranunculaceae) is a distinctive species and readily distinguishable from T. reniforme by floral characters. We reduce T. austrotibeticum, recently described from southern Xizang (Tibet), China, to the synonymy of T. neurocarpum.