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A revision of the genus Pternopetalum Franch. (Apiaceae)
Author(s) -
WANG LiSong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of systematics and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1759-6831
pISSN - 1674-4918
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00205.x
Subject(s) - apiaceae , botany , genus , biology
Abstract A revision of the East Asian genus Pternopetalum Franch. is presented recognizing 15 species and proposing 14 new synonyms. Pternopetalum filicinum (Franch.) Hand.‐Mazz., P. asplenioides (H. Boissieu) Hand.‐Mazz., P. heterophyllum Hand.‐Mazz., and P. tanakae var. fulcranium Y. H. Zhang are merged with P. tanakae (Franch. & Savatier) Hand.‐Mazz. Pternopetalum wolffianum (Fedde ex H. Wolff) Hand.‐Mazz., P. yiliangense Shan & Pu, P. vulgare var. strigosum Shan & Pu, and P. vulgare var. acuminatum C. Y. Wu ex Shan & Pu are reduced to P. vulgare (Dunn.) Hand.‐Mazz. Pternopetalum botrychioides var. latipinulatum Shan and P. affinum (Fedde ex H. Wolff) M. Hiroe are combined with P. botrychioides (Dunn) Hand.‐Mazz. Pternopetalum longicaule Shan and P. mairei (Diels ex H. Wolff) Hand.‐Mazz. are merged with P. delavayi (Franch.) Hand.‐Mazz. Pternopetalum trachycarpum C. Y. Wu ex Shan & Z. H. Pan is reduced to P. trichomanifolium (Franch.) Hand.‐Mazz. An identification key, descriptions, and distribution maps are provided.