Taxonomic Identity of Carpinus dayongina Franchet (Betulaceae)

Qianqian He; Runan Zhao; Anguo He; Zunling Zhu; Yihua Tong

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.177.57725

Taxonomic Identity of Carpinus dayongina Franchet (Betulaceae)

PhytoKeys. 2021 May 12:177:63-75. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.177.57725. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Qianqian He¹, Runan Zhao¹, Anguo He², Zunling Zhu^{1

3}, Yihua Tong⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China.
² Zhejiang Dapanshan National Natural Reserve, Pan'an 322300, China South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.
³ College of Art & Design, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation & Sustainable Utilization/Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden of Guangdong Province, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China.

Abstract

Carpinus polyneura and C. dayongina are recognised as separate species in Flora of China. In this study, the results of an examination of literature, morphological comparison and phenetic clustering of nuclear ITS sequences suggest that C. dayongina is conspecific with C. polyneura. Thus, we propose reducing C. dayongina to a synonym of C. polyneura.

Keywords: Hornbeam; new synonym; taxonomy.

Qianqian He, Runan Zhao, Anguo He, Zunling Zhu, Yihua Tong.