TITLE Osteomeles schwerinae C. K. Schneid. (Rosaceae): a new record for the flora of Taiwan
AUTHOR Chang-Fu Hsieh
Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 106, Republic of China
Shu-Miaw Chaw
Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT Osteomeles schwerinae C. K. Schneid. is reported for the first time from Taiwan. A key and several useful features that differentiate the present species from its only congener in Taiwan, O. anthyllidifolia var. subrotunda, are presented. A taxonomic treatment of the two species in Taiwan and a line-drawing which illustrates the present new record are provided.
KEYWORD Osteomeles; O. anthyllidifolia var. subrotunda; O. schwerinae; Rosaceae; Taxonomy; Taiwan;
ARTICLE INFO Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 37 Number 4 October 1996, page 281-285, 5 pages
PUBLISHER Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China