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Issue: Vol. 451 No. 1: 1 July 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.451.1.8
Page range: 90–92
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the type specimen of Acanthocalyx delavayi (Caprifoliaceae) at Herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (P)

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China. Center of Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China.
Acanthocalyx delavayi Caprifoliaceae Eudicots

Abstract

Acanthocalyx (DC.) Tiegh. (1909: 199) is a small genus in Caprifoliaceae Jussieu (1789: 210), endemic to the Chinese Hengduan Mountains and adjacent montane regions, yet represents the family’s most characteristic alpine herbaceous perennials in the region. With only three species recognized (A. alba, A. delavayi, A. nepalensis), the taxonomy of Acanthocalyx has not been fully disentangled, and this is particularly due to problem related to the typification of A. delavayi (Franch.) Cannon & Cannon (1984: 14).