The identity of Callicarpa minutiflora Y. Y. Qian (Lamiaceae) and taxonomic synonym of C. longifolia Lamarck

Zhonghui Ma; Zhiwei Su

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.75.10704

The identity of Callicarpa minutiflora Y. Y. Qian (Lamiaceae) and taxonomic synonym of C. longifolia Lamarck

PhytoKeys. 2016 Nov 29:(75):13-18. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.75.10704. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Zhonghui Ma¹, Zhiwei Su²

Affiliations

¹ Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004,China.
² Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, China.

Abstract

Although the specific epithet of Callicarpa minutiflora Y. Y. Qian has been revised for many times, during the study of the genus Callicarpa, we find that Callicarpa minutiflora Y. Y. Qian is identical to Callicarpa longifolia Lamarck by a series of morphologic characters. In order to avoid more confusion, here Callicarpa minutiflora Y. Y. Qian is reduced as a synonym of Callicarpa longifolia Lamarck.

Keywords: Callicarpa longifolia; Callicarpa minutiflora; Lamiaceae.