A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS ERIOBOTRYA LINDL. (ROSACEAE) | [Pakistan Journal of Botany • 2022]

Author(s):

1. MUHAMMAD IDREES: College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, Sichuan, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, P.O Box 416, Chengdu, China

2. MENG LI: Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University,Nanjing,China

3. MITRA LAL PATHAK: CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science,P.O Box 416, Chengdu,China

4. MUHAMMAD QAISER: Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi,Karachi,Pakistan

5. ZHIYONG ZHANG: College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University,Neijiang 641000, Sichuan,China

6. XIN-FEN GAO: CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science,P.O Box 416, Chengdu,China

Abstract:

A comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Eriobotrya (Rosaceae) in Southeast Asia, the Himalayas and Western Malaysia were carried out. All published names or referrable to Eriobotrya were studied and discussed here. Thirty two species and nine varieties are recognized, of which five species and one variety are endemic to China. One species (E. grandiflora) is redescribed, one new hybrid (E. × balgooyi), and four new combinations, E. bengalensis var. intermedia, E. bengalensis var. contracta, E. petiolata var. glabrescens, and E. elliptica var. victoriensis, are proposed here. Four names are reduced to synonymy, and seven names are typified. Two names, E. platyphylla, and E. merguiensis, are listed as dubious species, and nineteen names are excluded. In addition, the taxonomic treatment, key to the species and varieties, distributions, habitat ecology, phylogeny, taxonomic notes, and records of specimens examined for each taxon are given.

Page(s): 985-1017

DOI: 10.30848/PJB2022-3(23)

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Volume: 54, Issue: 3, Year: 2022

Keywords:

Rosaceae , Habitat , Taxonomic revision , Lectotypication , Eriobotrya , Synonym

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