Malus delavayi (Franch.) B.B.Liu, 2023

Liu, Guang-Ning, Ma, Dai-Kun, Xu, Chao, Huang, Jian, Ge, Bin-Jie, Luo, Qiang, Wei, Yu & Liu, Bin-Bin, 2023, Malus includes Docynia (Maleae, Rosaceae): evidence from phylogenomics and morphology, PhytoKeys 229, pp. 47-60 : 47

Malus delavayi (Franch.) B.B.Liu comb. nov.

Fig. 6 Chinese name: 云南多依; pinyin (spelled as it sounds): yun nan duo yi

Pyrus delavayi ≡ Pyrus delavayi Franch., Pl. Delavay.: 227, t. 47 (1890), [ Pirus ]. Type: CHINA. Yunnan: "in montibus calcareis ad Mao-kou-tchang, supra Tapin-tze, prope Tali, alt. 2200 m.", 14 April 1884, P.J.M. Delavay 466 (lectotype, designated here: P [barcode P01819347]!; isolectotype: L [barcode L0019412]!); ibidem, P.J.M. Delavay 890 (syntype: K [barcode K000758091]!); in silvis ad orientem versus montis Hee-chan-tong, alt. 2500 m, 5 April 1887 (syntypes: K [barcode K000758090]!, K [barcode K000758092]!). Image of the lectotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.p01819347.

Eriolobus delavayi ≡ Eriolobus delavayi (Franch.) C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 727 (1906). Type: Based on Pyrus delavayi Franch.

Docynia delavayi ≡ Docynia delavayi (Franch.) C.K.Schneid., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 180 (1906). Type: Based on Pyrus delavayi Franch.

Cydonia delavayi ≡ Cydonia delavayi (Franch.) Cardot, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 63 (1918). Type: Based on Pyrus delavayi Franch.

Cotoneaster bodinieri = Cotoneaster bodinieri H. Lév., Bull. Géogr. Bot. 25: 44 (1915). Type: CHINA. Yunnan: "montagnes près de la frontière du Kouy-Tchéou; à Kiang-Ty", 9 April 1897, G. Bodinier s.n. (holotype: E [barcode E00010834]!; isotype: A [barcode 00026464]!). Image of the holotype available from https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.e00010834.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan).

Figures

Figure 6. Malus delavayi (Franch.) B. B. Liu A overview of tree B leaf branch C inflorescence branch D flower buds E flower F young fruits. Photo credits to Jian Huang.