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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-04-04
Page range: 298–299
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Rohdea fargesii, the correct name for Rohdea chinensis (Asparagaceae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People’s Republic of China.
Nomenclature Convallariaceae Monocots

Abstract

The genus Rohdea Roth (1821: 196) (Asparagaceae) was established with a sole species R. japonica (Thunb. in Murray 1784: 340) Roth (1821: 196). It was recognized as a monospecific genus for long time (Wang & Tang 1978, Liang & Tamura 2000). The evidence from molecular analyses revealed that Campylandra Backer (1875: 582) might be merged with Rohdea (Yamashita & Tamura 2000, 2004). Tanaka (2003) and Yamashita & Tamura (2004) formally merged Campylandra with Rohdea and led the latter a genus including 17 species distributed in East Asia.