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Issue: Vol. 652 No. 3: 7 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.652.3.1
Page range: 171-207
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Clematis sinii and C. xinhuiensis (Ranunculaceae), respectively described from Guangxi and Guangdong of China, are merged with C. meyeniana, a species widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia

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. 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. 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.
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.
Clematis armandi Clematis craibiana Clematis finetiana Clematis jialasaensis morphology new synonymy taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Based on literature consultation, specimen survey, and observations of living plants in the wild, we demonstrate that Clematis sinii and C. xinhuiensis (Ranunculaceae), respectively described from Guangxi and Guangdong of China, are not essentially different from C. meyeniana in any characters, a species widely distributed in eastern and southeastern Asia and morphologically highly variable. We therefore place both C. sinii and C. xinhuiensis in synonymy with C. meyeniana herein. Pollen morphology is not useful for distinguishing between C. meyeniana and its closely similar species. We also point out that further work is needed to thoroughly clear up much of the taxonomic confusion involving C. meyeniana and its morphologically similar taxa.

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