Rhoiptelea chiliantha Diels & Hand.- Mazz. in Handel-Mazzetti (1932a: 77) .

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Rhoiptelea chiliantha Diels & Hand.- Mazz. in Handel-Mazzetti (1932a: 77).

Type:— CHINA. Guizhou [Kweichow]: Dushan [Tuhshan],? Bazhai [Pachai], elev. ca. 600 m, 22 August 1930, Y. Tsiang 6568 (holotype W, not traced; isotypes A00034339 , E00502160 , IBSC0419598 , PE00023066 , PE00023067 , US00089742). Paratypes in CQNM: CHINA. Guangxi [Kwangsi]: Luocheng [Luchen], Du Feng Shan [Chu Feng Shan], 15 km southwest of Sanfang [Shan Fang], 8 June 1928, R. C. Ching 5840 ( CQNM0002475 , CQNM0002476 , IBSC0419564 , PE00023068 , PE00023069 ).

Note:—No original field notes is attached on the duplicates of R.C. Ching 5840 at CQNM, but the collecting date on the label was erroneously written as ‘ September 1928 ’. However , it is stated on the duplicate at PE ( PE00023068 ) that the gathering R. C. Ching 5840 was collected from Sanfang Town , Luocheng County. Another paratype, R. C. Ching 7504 (only one sheet found, PE00023069 ) may be collected from the west of Baise [Poseh], and the other three gatherings (Petelot 3590, Fenzel 43 and Tsiang 6700) cited in the protologue (Handel-Mazzetti 1932a) could not be traced.