Reinstatement of the Chinese endemic species Styrax zhejiangensis

By

Ruan, Yu-Qing
Yu, Yu-Long
Yu, Fen
Deng, Guoxing
Liu, Yu-Lin
Wu, Xue-Hui
Tang, Ming.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

133

Pages

105--113

Subjects

flowering phenology , S. macrocarpus , Styracaceae , Styrax zhejiangensis , synonym

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.133.37942

 

Abstract

Styrax zhejiangensis has been treated as a synonym of S. macrocarpus. Examination of herbarium specimens and observation of wild living plants demonstrates that S. zhejiangensis is a distinct species and is clearly distinguishable from S. macrocarpus through its flowering phenology in which leaves and flowers open simultaneously, its smaller corolla lobes and filaments, and its white-stellate-pubescent seeds. On this basis, we reinstate S. zhejiangensis as an accepted species. Photographic images and a distribution map of the two species are provided. A lectotype of S. zhejiangensis is also designated.