12b. Rhaphiolepis ferruginea F.P.Metcalf var. serrata F.P.Metcalf, Lingnan Sci. J. 18: 511. 1939, " Raphiolepis".

Type.

China. Guangdong: Lung-tau Mt., near Iu Village, May 22-July 5, 1924, To & Tsang 12546 (lectotype, designated here: A [barcode 00032518]!; isolectotype: A [barcode 00032517, 00032519]!). [Note F]

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi).

Note F.

To & Tsang 12546 was designated as the type in the protologue. We located three specimens in herbarium A, therefore, they are syntypes. A subsequent lectotypification is necessary. We designated the sheet (A00032518) in a better condition as the lectotype herein.