5b. Carpinus cordata var. chinensis Franch .

Journal de Botanique [Morot] 13: 202 (Franchet 1899). – C. cordata f. chinensis (Franch.) Nakai, The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan 31: 205 (Nakai 1911). – C. chinensis (Franch.) C.Pei, Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica 2: 223 (Pei 1948). – Type: China, Sutchuen [Sichuan], in ditione Tchen keou tin [Chengkou County], 1400 m a.s.l., P.G. (Reverend Père) Farges 14 (lecto-, designated here: P06747063!; isolecto-: L!, P06747058!, P06747059!, P06747060!). – Note: Carpinus cordata var. chinensis is accepted in the Flora of China (Li & Skvortsov 1999), but it is segregated as C. chinensis in the Flora Sichuanica (Editorial Board of the Flora Sichuanica 2012).