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Issue: Vol. 351 No. 2: 1 June 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.351.2.10
Page range: 193–196
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

The identity of Clematis zhejiangensis (Ranunculaceae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Clematis chekiangensis East China new synonym taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

We demonstrate that Clematis zhejiangensis (Ranunculaceae) is conspecific with C. uncinata, a species widespread in subtropical regions in China and the neighboring countries. We therefore reduce C. zhejiangensis to the synonymy of C. uncinata. The varietal division of C. uncinata is briefly reviewed, and the type information of C. leiocarpa, which has been reduced to the synonymy of C. uncinata var. uncinata or C. uncinata var. coriacea, is also discussed. Furthermore, the likelihood of confusion between C. zhejiangensis and C. chekiangensis is mentioned.