28. Carpinus paohsingensis W.Y.Hsia

Contributions from the Institute of Botany, National Academy of Peiping 2: 179 (Hsia 1934). – Type: China, Sichuan, Paohsing-hsien (Mupin) [Baoxing], 1960 m a.s.l., 8 Jul. 1933, T.H. Tu 4356 (lecto-, designated here: PE00021940!; isolecto-: IBK00079502!, IBSC0368268, PE00021941!). – Note: Carpinus paohsingensis is accepted in the World Checklist (Govaerts & Frodin 1998), but accepted neither in the Flora of China (Li & Skvortsov 1999) nor by Chang et al. (2014a) but listed as synonymous with C. tschonoskii .

C. falcatibracteata Hu, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 9: 297 (Hu 1964). – C. tschonoskii var. falcatibracteata (Hu) P.C.Li, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 21 (2): 85 (Li 1979a). – Type: China, Sichuan, Hunghwa to Wali, 1900 m a.s.l., 14 Jul. 1959, Szechuan Econ. Bot. Liangshan Exp. [四川经济植物（凉山）调查队] 1219 (lecto-, designated here: PE00021887!; isolecto-: CDBI0172170!, PE00802589!). – Additional type material: China, Sichuan, Le-Po-Hsien, on open mountain slope, 1950 m a.s.l., 8 Aug. 1934, T.T. Yu [·德浚] 3639 (para-: IBSC0368265, IBSC0368266, IBSC0368269, PE00802576!, WUK0330666); ibid., Liang Ho-Ko, in forest, 1700 m a.s.l., 28 Sep. 1930, F.T. Wang 22597 (para-: PE00802565!); ibid., Kiangsi [Jiangxi], Shui Swe Hsien, Mofu Shan, along gully, 10 Sep. 1947, Y.K. Hsiung [Hsiung Yao-Kuo / 熊耀国] 5830 (para-: LBG00001770!, PE00802561!, PE00802562!, PE00802563!). – Note: this name is neither accepted in the World Checklist (Govaerts & Frodin 1998) nor in the Flora of China (Li & Skvortsov 1999) nor by Chang et al. (2014a). It is regarded in the first treatment as a synonym of C. paohsingensis, which itself is treated as synonymous with C. tschonoskii in the latter two treatments. In the Flora Sichuanica (Editorial Board of the Flora Sichuanica 2012), it is accepted pro parte minore as distinct variety of C. tschonoskii, while the rest ought to be synonymous with C. tschonoskii and with C. paohsingensis as full synonym of C. tschonoskii .

C. obovatifolia Hu, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 9: 289 (Hu 1964). – Type: China, Yunnan, Tsenyih Hsien, Shiao-Ma-La in forest, 1954, Y.H. Li [Li Yen-hei, 李延辉] 150 (lecto-, designated by Lin et al. (2007: 1249): PE00021937!; isolecto-: PE00021936!). – Note: this name is listed as synonymous with C. tschonoskii in the Flora of China (Li & Skvortsov 1999), in the Flora Sichuanica (Editorial Board of the Flora Sichuanica 2012), and by Chang et al. (2014a) for the Flora of Korea, while it is synonymous with C. paohsingensis in the World Checklist (Govaerts & Frodin 1998).