Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 261 No. 2: 18 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.3
Page range: 137–146
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 1

The taxonomic revision of Asian Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) I: Confirmation and illustration of A. austroszechuanica, A. faucimaculata and A. yunnanensis var. meionantha from China

College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, Henan, China Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, Henan, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, Henan, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
Aristolochia meionantha China new combination new rank nomenclature taxonomy Magnoliids

Abstract

Through extensive field work, careful examination of numerous specimens, and color photos taken in the field and study in relation to published accounts of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), we conclude that A. austroszechuanica, A. faucimaculata and A. yunnanensis var. meionantha are distinct species. Detailed morphological comparisons with related species, descriptions and illustrations are presented. A. yunnanensis var. meionantha is raised into Aristolochia meionantha. Furthermore, detailed distributions, citation of studied specimens and nomenclatural notes for these species are also provided.