Abelia chinensis

Abelia chinensis var. chinensis, Danxiashan, Guangdong, China

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Linnaeoideae
Genus: Abelia
Species: Abelia chinensis
Variety: A. c. var. aschersoniana – A. c. var. chinensis – A. c. var. hanceana – A. c. var. ionandra – A. c. var. lipoensis

Name

Abelia chinensis R.Br. (1818)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Linnaea chinensis (R.Br.) A.Braun & Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 22: 291 (1872)
• Heterotypic
  • Abelia aschersoniana (Graebn.) Rehder in Sarg., Pl. Wilson. 1(1): 127. 1911.
  • Abelia cavaleriei H.Lév., Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 60. 1914-15.
  • Abelia chinensis var. ionandra (Hayata) Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Form. 28: 436. 1938.
  • Abelia hanceana M.Martens ex Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 5: 216. 1866.
  • Abelia ionandra Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 7: 31. 1918.
  • Abelia lipoensis M.T.An & G.Q.Gou, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 29(2): 129 (-130; fig. 1). 2009.
  • Abelia rupestris Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 63. 1846.
  • Linnaea aschersoniana Graebn., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 139. 1900.
  • Linnaea rupestris (Lindl.) A.Braun & Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 22: 291. 1872.

References

• Brown, R. in C.Abel. Narr. Journey China 377, tab., 1818.
• 'eFloras 2008. Abelia chinensis in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abelia chinensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Abelia

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