Rhaphiolepis bengalensis (Roxb.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen f. contracta B.B.Liu & J.Wen, 2020

Liu, Bin-Bin, Wang, Yu-Bing, Hong, De-Yuan & Wen, Jun, 2020, A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae), PhytoKeys 154, pp. 19-55 : 19

3c. Rhaphiolepis bengalensis (Roxb.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen f. contracta B.B.Liu & J.Wen f. nov.

≡ Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.) Hook.f. f. contracta J.E.Vidal, Adansonia, n.s. 5: 569. 1965, nom. inval. Type: Vietnam. Annam: sommet du Nui Bach Ma, Station d’altitude un peu au Sud de Huê Alt. 1400-1500 m, Le 6 September 1938, E. Poilane 27620 (holotype: P [barcode P03650248]!, isotype: P [barcode P03650249]!). Annam: Nui Bach Ma Station d’altitude de Huê 1400-1500 m, d’alt. Lé 12 December 1940, E. Poilane 31104 (paratypes: P [barcode P03650258, P03650259]!). Bachma (Centre-Vietnam), 23 August 1943, J.E. Vidal 36 (paratype: P [barcode P03650257]!). Annam: Col des nuages près Tourane Forêt 900 m, d’altitude Le 14 September 1923, E. Poilane 7986 (paratypes: P [barcode P03650251, P03650253]!). Prov. Quang Nam: E. Poilane 11 (syntype). Annam: Massif du Ngok Guga près de Dakto prov. du Kontum Le 25 February 1946, alt. 1000 m, E. Poilane 35584 (paratypes: P [barcode P03650240, P03650241)!). S. Annam: massif du Hon Ba, 31 August 1918, A. Chevalier 38718 (paratype: P [barcode P03650239]!). Sud. Annam: Prov. Nha Trang: Massif du Hon Ba, 1000-1100 m alt., 4 September 1918, A. Chevalier 38832 (paratypes: P [barcode P03650246, P03650247]!). Prov. Nha Trang: Massif du Hon Ba, 1000-1500 m alt., 4 September 1918, A. Chevalier 38892 (paratypes: P [barcode P03650233, P03650238, P03650245]). [Note A]

Distribution.

Vietnam.

Note A.

Rhaphiolepis bengalensis (Roxb.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen f. contracta B.B.Liu & J.Wen, f. nov.** Vidal (1965) cited nine collections as syntypes in the protologue, but he did not indicate a single type. Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.) Hook.f. f. multinervata J.E.Vidal was thus invalidly published (Art. 40.1: Turland et al. 2018). We validated Rhaphiolepis bengalensis f. multinervata as a new form by reference to designating one duplicate (P03650248) of the first collections cited by Vidal (1965) as the holotype, and the diagnosis followed Vidal (1965).