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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-03-16
Page range: 293–297
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The identity of Nyssa yunnanensis (Cornaceae)

Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303,China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.
Cornaceae IUCN category and criteria lectotypification Nyssa bifida Nyssaceae rare and endangered species taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Nyssa yunnanensis was previously recognized as an endemic and critically endangered Chinese species. It is similar to N. javanica, but differs in bearing thicker leathery leaves, branchlets, pedicels, and leaves abaxially persistently pilose. Examination of the herbarium specimens reveals that N. yunnanensis is well identical with N. bifida, which was previously reduced to the synonymy of N. javanica. Nyssa bifida is herein re-instated since it has priority over N. yunnanensis. The name N. bifida is lectotypified.