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Issue: Vol. 346 No. 2: 4 April 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.346.2.7
Page range: 197–200
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Thalictrum argyi (Ranunculaceae) is conspecific with T. fortunei, not T. javanicum

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
geographical distribution Jiangsu lectotypification new synonymy taxonomy Thalictrum fargesii Eudicots

Abstract

Thalictrum argyi (Ranunculaceae) had been previously placed in synonymy with T. javanicum. We demonstrate that T. argyi is actually conspecific with T. fortunei. We therefore reduce T. argyi, a later name, to the synonymy of T. fortunei. Lectotypification is proposed for T. fortunei.