Linnaea uniflora (R.Br.), 1872

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16. Linnaea uniflora (R.Br.) A.Br. & Vatke in Vatke (1872: 291)

Basionym: Abelia uniflora Brown (1830: 15)

Type: CHINA. John Reeves .

Heterotypic synonyms: Abelia deutziifolia (H.Lév.) Léveillé (1914: 60) , Abelia engleriana (Graebn.) Rehder (1911: 120) , A. graebneriana Rehder (1911: 118) , A. longituba Rehder (1911: 126) , A. macrotera (Graebn. & Buchw.) Rehder (1911: 126) , A. mairei Léveillé (1915: 26) , A. myrtilloides Rehder (1911: 120) , A. parvifolia Hemsley in Forbes & Hemsley (1888: 358), A. schischkinii Golubkova (1955: 394) , A. schumannii (Graebn.) Rehder (1911: 121) , A. tereticalyx (Graebn. & Buchw.) Rehder (1911: 127) , A. verticillata Léveillé (1914: 61) , Linnaea engleriana Graebner (1900: 132) , L. koehneana Graebner (1900: 132) , L. macrotera Graebn. & Buchw. in Graebner (1900: 131), L. parvifolia (Hemsl.) Graebner (1900: 129) , L. schumannii Graebner (1900: 130) , L. tereticalyx Graebn. & Buchw. in Graebner (1900: 130), Strobilanthopsis deutziifolius Léveillé (1913: 21) , S. hypericifolius Léveillé (1913: 20) .

Note: This is a species complex that is not yet well resolved. Some taxa placed here in synonymy may, with further research, require recognition.

Distribution: China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan). Frequently cultivated.