A Revision of Lespedeza Subgenus Macrolespedeza (Leguminosae) in China
2009 Volume 84 Issue 4 Pages 197-223
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2009 Volume 84 Issue 4 Pages 197-223
Chinese members of subgenus Macrolespedeza in the genus Lespedeza are revised.Eight species are recognized in China. A key to the species, bibliography of the species,and synonyms are provided. Lespedeza dunnii Schindl. and L. fordii Schindl. are newly accommodated in the section Heteroloespedeza. Lespedeza thunbergii is divided into newly circumscribed subsp. thunbergii, subsp. formosa (Vogel) H. Ohashi and subsp. elliptica (Benth. ex Maxim.) H. Ohashi (comb. nov.). Lespedeza formosa (Vog.) Koehne, L. patens Nakai, L. pubescens Hayata, L. viatorum Champ. ex Benth., and L. wilfordii Ricker in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS) vol. 41 (1995) are regarded as synonyms with L. thunbergii (DC.) Nakai. Of the unknown species in FRPS L. hupehensis Ricker and L. merrillii Ricker are considered as synonyms of L. davidii and L. veitchii Ricker as a synonym of L. bicolor.
