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Issue: Vol. 720 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.7
Page range: 165-171
Abstract views: 336
PDF downloaded: 9

Reinstatement of Cirsium belingschanicum (Asteraceae, Cardueae) as distinct from C. japonicum

Plant Science Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
Plant Science Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510650, China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, Guangzhou 510650, China
morphology taxonomy Yunnan Eudicots

Abstract

Cirsium belingschanicum (Asteraceae), a species from southwestern China, has been previously reduced to the synonymy of C. japonicum. Upon observations of herbarium specimens and living plants in the field, we determine that C. belingschanicum is a distinctive species and thus reinstate its independent specific status herein.

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How to Cite

Jin, Z.-C. & Chen, Y.-S. (2025) Reinstatement of Cirsium belingschanicum (Asteraceae, Cardueae) as distinct from C. japonicum. Phytotaxa 720 (2): 165–171. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.7