Nekemias cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) J. Wen & Z.L. Nie, 2014

Wen, Jun, Boggan, John & Nie, Ze-Long, 2014, Synopsis of Nekemias Raf., a segregate genus from Ampelopsis Michx. (Vitaceae) disjunct between eastern / southeastern Asia and eastern North America, with ten new combinations, PhytoKeys 42, pp. 11-19 : 12

2. Nekemias cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) J. Wen & Z.L. Nie comb. nov. Figure 1 C–D

Cissus cantoniensis Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy.: 175. 1833. Basionym

Cissus diversifolia Walp., Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 314. 1843, nom. illeg., non DC. 1824.

Ampelopsis cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) K. Koch, Hort. Dendrol. 48: 11. 1853.

Vitis leeoides Maxim., Mel. Biol. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 9: 148. 1873.

Vitis cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald: 370. 1875.

Ampelopsis cantoniensis (Hook. & Arn.) Planch., Monogr. Phan. 5: 460. 1887, comb. superfl.

Ampelopsis cantoniensis var. harmandii Planch., Monogr. Phan. 5: 460. 1887.

Ampelopsis leeoides (Maxim.) Planch. [epithet published in error as “lecoides” by Planchon in 1887], Monogr. Phan. 5: 462. 1887.

Ampelopsis loureiroi Hort. Mazel. ex Planch., Monogr. Phan. 5: 461. 1887, nom. nud. pro syn.

Vitis multijugata H. Lév. & Vaniot, Bull. Soc. Agric. Sci. Arts Sarthe 40: 41. 1905.

Leea theifera H. Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 58. 1910.

Ampelopsis annamensis Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 166. 1946.

Ampelopsis cantoniensis var. leeoides (Maxim.) F.Y. Lu [published in error as “leecoides”; changed to “lecoides” in Index Kewensis], Fl. Taiwan 3: 667. 1977, nom. invalid.

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan and Zhejiang), India, Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia (peninsular), and Indonesia (Java).