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Issue: Vol. 714 No. 2: 8 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.714.2.2
Page range: 118-128
Abstract views: 361
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Taxonomic Notes on Helicia (Proteaceae) I: Revision for Two Species from Continental Asia with new synonym and typification

Herbarium, Bazi Collection & Botanical Garden, Mengzi, Yunnan Province 61100, China
Flora of China Helicia cauliflora Helicia pyrrhobotrya Thailand Vietnam Eudicots

Abstract

As part of a revision of the genus Helicia (Proteaceae), the taxonomic history, type information, amended description, and updated distribution of two species with a distribution in the Northern Indo-Chinese floristic region, Helicia cauliflora and H. pyrrhobotrya, are presented. With evidence from recent collections, Helicia dongxingensis is reduced to a synonym of H. cauliflora, and the synonym status of H. petelotii to H. pyrrhobotrya that was proposed earlier by C.Y.Wu is hereby reinstated.

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How to Cite

Wang, Y. (2025) Taxonomic Notes on Helicia (Proteaceae) I: Revision for Two Species from Continental Asia with new synonym and typification. Phytotaxa 714 (2): 118–128. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.714.2.2