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Issue: Vol. 669 No. 3: 23 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.669.3.5
Page range: 247-259
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 9

The identity of Anemone gonggaensis (Ranunculaceae) recently described from Kangding in western Sichuan, China

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, 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
Anemone rupicola morphology Sino-Himalayan flora taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Based on consultation of literature, examination of herbarium specimens (including type material) and observations of living plants in the wild, we demonstrate that Anemone gonggaensis (Ranunculaceae), recently described from Kangding in western Sichuan, China, is not essentially different from A. rupicola (sometimes treated as Eriocapiitella rupicola), a morphologically very distinctive species widely distributed in the Sino-Himalayan region, including Bhutan, China (western Sichuan, southern and eastern Xizang, northwestern Yunnan), northern India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sikkim. We therefore place both A. gonggaensis and E. rupicola in synonymy with A. rupicola herein.

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