Excluding Ophiorrhiza mungos (Rubiaceae) from Flora of China

LEI WU; VADAKKOOT-SANKARAN HAREESH; YUN-FEI DENG

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.309.2.11

Issue: Vol. 309 No. 2: 13 June 2017

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2017-06-13

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.309.2.11

Page range: 184–188

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**Excluding Ophiorrhiza mungos (Rubiaceae) from Flora of China**

LEI WU⁺⁻
VADAKKOOT-SANKARAN HAREESH⁺⁻
YUN-FEI DENG⁺⁻

College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha-410 004, China

Department of Botany, Calicut University, Thenhipalam, Malappuram-673 635, Kerala, India

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China.

Ophiorrhiza rosea China lectotypification taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

Ophiorrhiza mungos was reported from China by several authors. Examining the relevant specimens reveals that it is a misidentification of O. rosea. Here we also lectotypify the name O. rosea.