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Issue: Vol. 442 No. 2: 11 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.442.2.4
Page range: 89–100
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Thalictrum punduanum var. hirtellum (Ranunculaceae), another new synonym of T. neurocarpum

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, 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 Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
morphology new synonymy taxonomy Thalictrum reniforme Xizang Eudicots

Abstract

We have previously placed Thalictrum austrotibeticum (Ranunculaceae) in synonymy with T. neurocarpum. Based on critical observations on herbarium specimens and living plants in the wild, we demonstrate that T. punduanum var. hirtellum, recently described from southern Xizang (Tibet), China, is also identical with T. neurocarpum. We therefore reduce T. punduanum var. hirtellum to the synonymy of T. neurocarpum herein. We also further clarify the morphological distinction between T. neurocarpum and T. reniforme, which were often regarded as conspecific.