New combinations and synonyms in Rehderodendron (Styracaceae)

By

Zhao, Wanyi
Fritsch, Peter
Liu, Zhongcheng
Fan, Qiang.
Jin, Jianhua
Liao, Wenbo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

161

Pages

79--88

Subjects

Parastyrax , Pterostyrax , Rehderodendron , Styracaceae , Synonyms

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.161.54970

 

Abstract

We demonstrate with morphological characters that the speciesPterostyrax burmanicusW.W.Sm. & Farrer andParastyrax macrophyllusC.Y.Wu & K.M.Feng (Styracaceae) are best placed in the genusRehderodendronHu.Rehderodendron burmanicum(W.W.Sm. & Farrer) W.Y.Zhao, P.W.Fritsch & W.B.Liao,comb. nov.andRehderodendron macrophyllum(C.Y.Wu & K.M.Feng) W.Y.Zhao, P.W.Fritsch & W.B.Liao,comb. nov., are created. We also provide a lectotype forR. macrophyllum. These revisions result in the reduction ofPterostyraxSiebold & Zucc. to three species and this genus is no longer considered to be documented from Myanmar. Further,ParastyraxW.W.Sm. becomes a monotypic genus comprising onlyP. lacei(W.W.Sm.) W.W.Sm., distributed in Kachin State, northeast Myanmar and Yunnan Province, south-western China.