Rhaphiolepis bengalensis (Roxb.) B.B.Liu & J.Wen f. multinervata 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

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

≡ Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.) Hook.f. f. multinervata J.E.Vidal, Adansonia, n.s. 5: 569. 1965, nom. inval. Type: Thailand. Siam, Chiang Mai, Doi Angka (now as Doi Inthanon), ca. 1400 m, 16 July 1922, A.F.G. Kerr 6293 (holotype: P [barcode P03650228]!). Siam: Doi Pa Kao, ca. 1200 m, 7 May 1921, A.F.G. Kerr 5372 (paratype: P [barcode P03650229]!). 1964, B. Hansen et al. 10797 (paratypes: C, P [barcode P03650232]!). Siam. Kanchanaburi: Si Sawat, ca. 600 m, 17 January 1926, A.F.G. Kerr 10235 (paratypes: K, P [barcode P03650230]!). [Note C]

Distribution.

Thailand.

Diagnosis.

A forma typica differt lamina venis utrinque 15-20 ( Vidal 1965).

Note C.

Eriobotrya bengalensis f. multinervata was invalidly published (Art. 40.1: Turland et al. 2018), because four gatherings were cited in the protologue by Vidal (1965), A.F.G. Kerr 6293, A.F.G. Kerr 5372, A.F.G. Kerr 10235, and B. Hansen et al. 10797. We herein validated Rhaphiolepis bengalensis f. multinervata as a new form by reference to designating A.F.G. Kerr 6293 (P03650228) as the holotype which was in a better condition, and the diagnosis followed Vidal (1965).