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Issue: Vol. 700 No. 1: 7 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.700.1.7
Page range: 87-97
Abstract views: 81
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Thalictrum sexnervisepalum (Ranunculaceae), another new synonym of T. przewalskii, a widely distributed species in China

Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; Herbarium, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
morphology new synonymy Sichuan taxonomy Thalictrum leuconotum Eudicots

Abstract

Based on careful observations of both herbarium specimens (including type material) and living plants in the wild, we demonstrate that Thalictrum sexnervisepalum (Ranunculaceae), described from Sichuan province, China, is conspecific with T. przewalskii, a species very widely distributed in China. We therefore reduce T. sexnervisepalum to the synonymy of T. przewalskii herein. An updated distribution map of T. przewalskii is also provided.

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How to Cite

Zeng, Y.-P., Yuan, Q. & Yang, Q.-E. (2025) Thalictrum sexnervisepalum (Ranunculaceae), another new synonym of T. przewalskii, a widely distributed species in China. Phytotaxa 700 (1): 87–97. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.700.1.7