Taxonomic Notes on the Genus Kmeria (Pierre) Dandy (Magnoliaceae)
LIN Qi, DUAN Lin-Dong, YUAN Qiong
1. Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100093, China;2. Shaoyang University, Shaoyang, Hunan422004, China
Abstract:Based on the study of Kmeria specimen and field observations, the morphological descriptions of Kmeria (Pierre) Dandy are replenished or corrected, the reasons for conserving Kmeria (Pierre) Dandy are expounded, and a key to species is presented. Woonyoungia Law and Magnolia Linn. sect. Kmeria (Pierre) Figlar & Noot. are regarded as new synonyms of Kmeria (Pierre) Dandy. Woonyoungia septentrionalis (Dandy) Law and Magnolia kwangsiensis Figlar & Noot. are regarded as new synonyms of Kmeria septentrionalis Dandy.