Loropetalum chinense, (R. Brown) Oliver 1862: 459

Averyanov, Leonid V., Endress, Peter K., Nguyen, Khang Sinh, Thai, Tran Huy, Maisak, Tatiana V., Averyanova, Anna L. & Diep, Le Ngoc, 2018, Loropetalum flavum (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam, Phytotaxa 385 (2), pp. 94-100 : 95

3. L. chinense (R. Brown) Oliver 1862: 459 .

≡ Hamamelis chinensis R. Brown in Abel 1818: 375.

Type: — CHINA. Jiangsu: near Nanjing [“China prope Nan-king”], Plukenet s.n. (type specimen location unknown).

Distribution: —NE. India, S. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), S. Japan.

Habitat: —Mountain forests and secondary scrub at elevations 1000–1200 m a.s.l.

Note: —A search of databases of herbaria where Plukenet collections may be found or were mentioned (BM, L, LE, OXF, JSTOR, etc.) did not give any positive results.