Linnaea forrestii Diels (1912: 178)

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8. Linnaea forrestii Diels (1912: 178) .

Type: CHINA. Yunnan: Salwin valley between Shichi-Ti and Xia-ku-ti, dry, scrubby hillsides, 6000–7000 ft, November 1905, Forrest 867 (holotype E-00265299!, isotype P-00482062!)

Homotypic synonym: Abelia forrestii (Diels) Smith (1916: 76) .

Heterotypic synonyms: Abelia gracilenta Smith (1916: 76) , A. microphylla (W.W.Sm.) Golubkova (1973: 241) .

Distribution: south-central China (southwestern Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan)

9. Linnaea × grandiflora (André) Christenh., comb. nov.

Basionym: Abelia rupestris grandiflora André (1886: 488) , without rank

Type: none cited, based on living plants cultivated by M. Rovelli [as ‘Rivelli’] in Pallanza, Italy .

Homotypic synonym: Abelia × grandiflora (André) Rehder in Bailey (1900: 1).

Note: A garden hybrid of L. chinensis and L. uniflora , only known from cultivation.