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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-01-06
Page range: 287–290
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Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in Taiwan: Two new combinations and a new record

Botanic Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Botanic Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Botanic Garden Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
New record Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae Eudicots

Abstract

The genus Vincetoxicum Wolf (1776: 130) was recently redefined by Liede-Schumann & Meve (2018) to include Tylophora Brown (1810: 460) and allied genera on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence (Liede-Schumann et al. 2012, 2016). As Vincetoxicum has not been recognized in regional floristic treatments (e.g. Li et al. 1995; Lu et al. 1998; Lin & Chung 2017), we herein provide a brief account of the ten species currently known in Taiwan (Fig. 1), with two necessary new combinations for Tylophora sui Tseng & Chao (2011: 162) and T. taiwanensis Hatusima (1963: 10). Additionally, Vincetoxicum fordii (Hemsley 1889: 106) Kuntze (1891: 424) was discovered during our recent field investigation and is reported here as a newly recorded species of Taiwan. A key to the species is also provided as below to aid their identification.