TITLE Lescuraea morrisonensis (Takaki) Nog. fo. sichuanensis Wang, Hu & Redfearn, a synonym of Actinothuidium hookeri (Mitt.) Broth.
AUTHOR Tzen-Yuh Chiang
Department of Biology, Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 700, Republic of China
Wei-Hsin Hu
Department of Biology, Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 700, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT Lescuraea morrisonensis (Takaki) Nog. fo. sichuanensis Wang, Hu & Redfearn reported from mainland China is synonymized to Actinothuidium hookeri (Mitt.) Broth. Filiform branched paraphyllia and triangular stem-leaves which characterize A. hookeri are distinguishable from unbranched foliose paraphyllia and ovate-lanceolate stem-leaves of Lescuraea morrisonensis.
KEYWORD Actinothuidium hookeri; China; Lescuraea morrisonensis fo. sichuanensis; Synonym;
ARTICLE INFO Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 39 Number 3 July 1998, page 205-208, 4 pages
PUBLISHER Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China