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Issue: Vol. 282 No. 2: 27 October 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.282.2.9
Page range: 166–169
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Excluding Miliusa velutina (Annonaceae) from Flora of China

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun 666303, Yunnan, China
Annonaceae distribution Miliusa synonymy Magnoliids

Abstract

The Chinese specimens identified as Miliusa velutina were studied and they actually represent M. thorelii. The distribution range of M. velutina therefore does not include China. The name M. bannaensis is a synonym of M. thorelii and not M. cuneata as treated in Flora of China.