A PRELIMINARY NUMERICAL TAXONOMY OF THE TRIBE AGLAIEAE FROM CHINA

In this paper, 10 species representing 4 genera of Trib. Aglaieae from China were studied by means of numerical taxonomic methods. Thirty morphological characters were used. The distance coefficients were computed by standized data. Based upon these, the UPGMA clustering method was performed and its results were shown in the form of dendrograms.By means of numerical methods the following taxonomic treatments, relating to the data obtained from morphological and anatomical researches, are proposed. (1) The genus Amoora Roxb. should not be combined with the genus Aglaia Lour. , but kept as an independent one, (2) A phanamixis grandifolia B1. =A.polystachya (Wall. ) R.N.Parker var. grandifolia (B1. ) X. M. Chen,comb. nov. ;(3)Aphanamixis sinensis How et T. Chen should be considered a separate species.