Rhaphiolepis yui B.B.Liu & J.Wen, nom. nov. [Note R]

Liu, Bin-Bin, Wang, Yu-Bing, Hong, De-Yuan & Wen, Jun, 2020, A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae), PhytoKeys 154, pp. 19-55 : 19

45. Rhaphiolepis yui B.B.Liu & J.Wen, nom. nov. [Note R]

≡ Eriobotrya kwangsiensis Chun ex X.H.Yang & S.Q.Lin, Acta Hortic. 750: 221. 2007. Type: China. Guangxi: Xiangzhou County, Shangguchen, Wuzhishan, 18 June 1936, C. Wang 39423 (holotype: IBK [barcode IBK00061038, herbarium accession number 35925]!; isotypes: PE [barcode 00799311]!, SZ [barcode 00194327]). [Note S]

Distribution.

China (Guangxi).

Note R.

The species epithet " kwangsiensis " has been pre-occupied by Rhaphiolepis kwangsiensis Hu, J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 335. 1932, thus a new name is needed for this taxon ( Turland et al. 2018). The epithet is given in honor of the late Prof. Te-Tsun Yu (PE) for his great contributions to the taxonomy of Rosaceae .

Note S.

Yang and Lin (2007) provided the following type information in the protologue, "Guangxi: Shangguchen. 1936. 6. C. Wang 35925 (Holotypus, TBK)". According to the image of holotype provided in the protologue, the holotype is C. Wang 39423, which was deposited in the herbarium IBK rather than TBK (Fig. 2 ). The number “35925” cited in Yang and Lin (2007) was the herbarium accession number of the holotype.

Artificial hybrid species:

Rhaphiolepis x delacourii André, Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 72: 698. 1900.

≡ Pyrus x delacourii ( André) M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 101. 2018. Type: France. Golfe-Juan, May 1900, s.coll. s.n. (holotype: K [barcode K000758248]!). [Note T]

Note T. This hybrid species was produced by M. Delacour, a gardener of the Villa Allerton, in Cannes, and it was hybridized between Rhaphiolepis indica and R. ovata (= R. umbellata ).

Doubtful names associated with Rhaphiolepis :

Photinia luzonensis Merr. var. acuminatissima Merr., nom. nud.

Rhaphiolepis crassifolia Hort. ex Voll & Brade, Rodriguésia i. No. 3, 61. 1935, nom. nud.

Rhaphiolepis hiiranensis Kaneh., Formosan Trees, ed. rev. 276. 1936, anglice et japonice. ≡ Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. var. hiiranensis (Kaneh.) H.L.Li, Lloydia 4: 235. 1952. ≡ Rhaphiolepis umbellata (Thunb.) Makino var. hiiranensis (Kaneh.) Hatus., Fl. Ryukyus 312. 1971. nom. nud.

Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. var. insularis Hatus., Fl. Ryukyus 844. 1971. nom. illeg. & nom. nud.

Rhaphiolepis laevis Lodd. ex G.Don, Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 202. 1830, " Raphiolepis ". nom. nud.

Rhaphiolepis latifolia Lodd. ex G.Don, Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 202. 1830, " Raphiolepis ". nom. nud.

Rhaphiolepis pheostemonia St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. 133. 1880. nom. nud.

Figures

Figure 2. Holotype of Rhaphiolepis yui (IBK [barcode IBK 00061038]).