Plant Diversity ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 657-661.DOI: 10.3724 SP.J.1143.2008.07327

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Taxonomic Revision on Some Species of Parnassia (Parnassiaceae) from China

WU Ding1 , 2 , LU Jin-Mei2 , WANG Hong2   

  1. 1 Jingdezhen College, Jingdezhen 333000 , China; 2 Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204 , China
  • Received:2008-01-10 Online:2008-12-25 Published:2008-12-25

Abstract: The taxonomy of some species of Parnassia L . (Parnassiaceae) from China is revised on the basis of herbarium materials and field observation of populations. These species are reduced to synonymies, i. e ., Parnassia lanceolata Ku , P. angustipetala Ku and P . degeensis Ku are reduced to new synonymies of P . yunnanensis Franch .; P . petimengenii Lévl . and P . humilis Ku , are reduced to synonymy of P. faberi Oliv and P . trinervis Drude respectively; P. qinghaiensis J . T . Pan , and P . kangdingensis Ku are reduced to synonymy of P. cacuminum Hand . -Mazz ., and P. pusilla Wall ., respectively .

Key words: Parnassia

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