Three new synonyms in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from China

doi:10.1360/aps040177

J Syst Evol ›› 2006, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 608-611.DOI: 10.1360/aps040177

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Three new synonyms in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from China

^{1 2}DENG Xiao-Fang, ¹ZHANG Dian-Xiang^*

¹(South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China)

²(Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China)dx-zhang@scbg.ac.cn

Received:2004-12-20 Published:2006-09-07

Abstract

Abstract: The taxonomic status of two species and one form of the genus Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from China is clarified: M. inflata Hsue & H. Wu, M. anomala Li and M. pubescens Ait. f. forma clematidiflora Chun ex Hsue & H. Wu are reduced to synonyms of M. hirsutula Miq., M. esquirolii Lévl. and M. pubescens Ait. f. respectively.

Key words: Mussaenda, Mussaenda hirsutula, Mussaenda esquirolii, Mussaenda pubescens, synonymy, Rubiaceae

DENG Xiao-Fang, ZHANG Dian-Xiang. Three new synonyms in Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from China[J]. J Syst Evol, 2006, 44(5): 608-611.

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