Apios delavayi var. delavayi

Zhang, Fan, Feng, Si, Zhou, Jianjun, Zhang, Rong, Liu, Linhan, Yang, Chengzi, Yu, Xunlin & Pan, Bo, 2018, Apios chendezhaoana (Fabaceae), an overlooked species and a new combination from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses, Phytotaxa 371 (1), pp. 1-16 : 9

Apios delavayi var. delavayi

Apios macrantha Oliver (1890 : pl. 1946). syn. nov.

Type:— CHINA. Sichuan, A. Henry 8984, Barcode K000262502 (lectotype K! here designated).

Flowers pale yellow, or greenish white. This variety represents A. delavayi populations east of the Mekong-Salween Divide.

Distribution and habitat: —This variety is distributed in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It grows in mixed forests, thickets or grasses along rivers at elevations between 1300–3800 m above sea level.

Phenology: —Flowering from June to September; fruiting from September to November.

Specimens examined:— CHINA. Sichuan: Baoxing Shaoqikari Valley, 2350 m, 27 June 1958, Xiu-Bao Zhang & You-Xi Ren 5656 (PE). Beichuan, Xiaozhaizigou Reserve, 1600 m, 1 August 1984, Chang-Lin Tang 309 (CDBI). Danba, Gejing, 3100 m, 2 September 1974, Sichuan Team 7416 (CDBI). Hanyuan, Xianglingshan, 1800 m, 14 September 1938, T.P. Wang 9692 (WUK). Hongxi, Walijiaomen, 1900 m, 14 July 1959, Liangshan Team 1209 (KUN). Kangding, Shade, Baimaqiao, 3000 m, 3 August 1982, Jian Dong 29580 (CDBI). Liangshan, Puge, 14 September 1979, Puge Team 886 (SM). Litang to Yalung Divide, 9000–10000 ft, F.K. Ward 4357 (E). Luding, Yangquangou, 1950 m, 20 August 1963, Ke-Jian Guan et al. 1709 (PE). Maoxian, 1952, Zhu He & Zi-Lin Zhou 14026 (CDBI). Meigu, Shuwo, 1750 m, 2 July 1976, Sichuan Team 13533 (CDBI). Muli, Wanglang to Chabulang, 2500 m, 16 September 1983, Qingzang Team 14134 (PE). Muli or Mill Kingdom, J.F. Rock 5525&6471 (E). Muli, Wachin, 2800 m, 12 October 1937, T.T. Yü 14502 (E). Nanping, Wujiao, Laoheba, 2000 m, 1 August 1959, Nanping Team 4216 (CDBI). Neighbourhood of Tatsien-lu, 1924, R. Cunningham 506 (E). Pingwu, Wangbachu, 2020 m, 3 July 1984, Sichuan Team 134 (CDBI). Qianning, Songlinjiang, 3700 m, 22 July 1959, Shu Jiang & Cun-Li Jin 2181 (PE). Shimian, Jinwo, 2200 m, 1 August 1985, Guo-Hong Xu 25657 (CDBI). Wenchuan, Hongqiying, 2010 m, 3 June 1975, Sichuan Team 8124 (CDBI). West Garze, Road from Luding to Kanding, 1875 m, CEE 322 (E). West of Muli, 10000 ft, July 1922, G. Forrest 22151 (E). Xiangcheng, Yazha, 3300 m, 2 September 1972, Sichuan Team 3531 (CDBI). Xiaojin, Pan’an, 2100 m, 1 August 1958, Sichuan Agricultural College 6707 (CDBI). Yanbian, Waluo, 16 September 1978, Yanbian Team 446 (SM). Yunnan: 1920, Simeon Ten 135 (E). Binchuan, Xiayang to Waxi, 14 October 1946, Shen-E Liu 21524 (PE). Chienchuan to Mekong Divide, 9000–10000 ft, August 1922, G. Forrest 21964 (E). Chungtun Plateau, 12000 ft, July 1914, G. Forrest 12835 (E). Eryuan, Zhujiaying, Longdingshan, 21 July 1929, Ren-Chang Qin 23328 (PE). Heqing, Xiangshuihe, 3300 m, 2 September 1929, Ren-Chang Qin 24285 (PE). Jianchuan, Misha, 2600 m, 13 October 1958, Wen-Cai Wang 414 (KUN). Lijiang, 2700 m, July 1935, Qi-Wu Wang 71228 (PE). Luquan, Zhongping, 2400 m, 13 November 1952, Pin-Yi Mao 1754 (KUN). Mekong Valley, 9000 ft, August 1914, G. Forrest 13014 (E). North of Jung-Peh, 9000 ft, August 1922, G. Forrest 22093 (E). Yiliang, Yangzonghai, 1800 m, 6 September 1977, Bing-Yun Qiu 771272 (KUN). Zhongdian, Baidi, 2700 m, 8 August 1962, Zhongdian Team 1019 (PE).