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Issue: Vol. 721 No. 1: 3 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.721.1.2
Page range: 50-64
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Clematis guniuensis (Ranunculaceae) is synonymous with C. baominiana, a morphologically distinctive species in China

School of Landscape Architecture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China
School of Landscape Architecture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, 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, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, 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, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, 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, 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, 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, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Clematis sect. Clematis morphology new synonymy taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Based on consultation of literature and observations of both herbarium specimens (including type material) and living plants in the wild, we demonstrate that Clematis guniuensis, which was first described from Anhui province and then found to occur also in Zhejiang province, China, is not essentially different from C. baominiana, a morphologically distinctive species described from Hunan under the name C. villosa. We therefore place C. guniuensis in synonymy with C. baominiana herein.

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How to Cite

Ye, X.-Y., Liu, Z.-G., Xiong, S.-M., Huang, Q.-L., Su, C.-L., Yuan, Q. & Yang, Q.-E. (2025) Clematis guniuensis (Ranunculaceae) is synonymous with C. baominiana, a morphologically distinctive species in China. Phytotaxa 721 (1): 50–64. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.721.1.2