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Issue: Vol. 708 No. 2: 4 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.1
Page range: 103-127
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Clematis maguanensis and C. pingbianensis (Ranunculaceae), another two new synonyms of C. meyeniana, a species widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia

Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Clematis armandi Clematis finetiana morphology new synonymy taxonomy Yunnan Eudicots

Abstract

Based on careful observations of both herbarium specimens (including type material) and living plants in the wild, we demonstrate that Clematis maguanensis and C. pingbianensis (Ranunculaceae), both described from southeastern Yunnan, China, are not essentially different from C. meyeniana in any characters, a species widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia. The paratype collection of C. pingbianensis is determined to belong to C. armandi. We therefore place both C. maguanensis and C. pingbianensis in synonymy with C. meyeniana herein.

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How to Cite

Xiong, S.-M., Huang, Q.-L., Yuan, Q. & Yang, Q.-E. (2025) Clematis maguanensis and C. pingbianensis (Ranunculaceae), another two new synonyms of C. meyeniana, a species widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 103–127. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.1