A REVISON OF THE FAMILY APOCYNACEAE IN CHINA

The present paper is a partial revision of Chinese Apocynaceae based on the latest information cnotained in Chinese and foreign literature. It included 17 genera, 32 species and one variety, involving seven new combinations and one new distribution: Micrechites borneensis; M. gracilis; Pottsia laxiflora var. pubescent; Ecdysanthera xylinabariopsoides; E. huaitingii;E. tournieri and E. linocarpa. Also, forty-six taxon names were newly removed:Carissa yunnanensis = C. spinarum; Amsonia sinensis = A. elliptica; Kopsia offjcinalis = K. lancibracteolata; Rauvolfia taiwanensis, included R. brevistyla, R. yunnanensis, R. latifrons, R. verticillata var. oblanceolata and var. officinalis, var. hainanensis = R. verticillata; Alyxia yunkuniaia = A, sianensis;A. nitens, included A. lehtungensis, A.euonymifolia, A. jasminea, A. vulgaris=A. hainanensis; A. funingensis = A. marginata; A. acutifolia, included A, kweichowensis = A. levinei; Parsonsia howii = A. alboflavescens;Alstonia guangxiensis = A. neriifolia; Anodendron fanchengense, included A. salicifolium. A. affine var. effusum and var. pingpinense= A. affine; Aganosma schlechteriana var. leptantha = A. schlechteriana; Aganosma kwangsiensis= A, siamensis;A. montana = A. navaillei; Micrechites malipoensis var. parvifolia= M. malipoensis; Trachelospermum siamense. included T. lanyuense and T. gracilipes var. hupehense=T.gracilipes; T.eglandulatum and T. tenax = T. dunnii;T. cathayanum var. tetanocarpum included T.yunnanense and T. formosanum = T. bodinieri;Ichnocarpus frutescens f. pubescens = T. frutescens; Chunechites and Parabarium = Ecdysanthera. and one new distribution: Alyxia fascicularis. All the types are kept in SCBI. PE, KUN and SCAC.