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Lespedeza hengduanshanensis comb. & stat. nov. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Desmodieae) from the Hengduan Mountains of SW China

Update time: 08/25/2016   Author:

Lespedeza fasciculiflora Franchet is currently divided into two varieties, var. fasciculiflora and var. hengduanshanensis C.J. Chen. A detailed comparison of the plants from wild populations and specimens of the two varieties revealed that var. hengduanshanensis was sufficiently distinct from var. fasciculiflora to be recognized as a separate species. Our phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences, moreover, showed that the two varieties are not even closely related. We therefore here elevate the status of L. fasciculiflora var.




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