Wisteriopsis kiangsiensis (Z.Wei) J.Compton & Schrire comb. nov.

≡ Millettia kiangsiensi s Z.Wei, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23(4): 283 (1985). Type: China, Jiangxi Prov., Wuning, Y.G.Xiong 4143 (LBG, holo.); Paratype: China, Anhui, Qin Renchang [Ren-Chang Ching] 2881, elev. 250 m. 30 June 1925, "climber 7 m high", PE00417692 (PE!, K!)

≡ Callerya kiangsiensis (Z.Wei) Z.Wei & Pedley, Flora of China 10: 184, t. 219 [8-15] (2010)

= Millettia kiangsiensis f. purpurea Z.H.Cheng, J. Zhejiang Forest. Coll. 4: 70 (1987). (ZJFC, holo.). China, Zhejiang, Tonglu. This may represent a purple flowered variant of the species but we have not seen any material in order to verify this.

Note.

This species described from Jiangxi [originally as Kiangsi] Province in south-eastern China, is closely allied to W. japonica . Characters that distinguish W. kiangsiensis from W. japonica are the evergreen leaves in W. kiangsiensis with 7-9 broadly ovate leaflets (vs. deciduous leaves with (7 -) 9-15, narrowly ovate-lanceolate leaflets in W. japonica). The flowers are white, frequently flushed with pale rose pink and 12-15 mm long in W. kiangsiensis, (vs. flowers yellowish-white, 6-12 mm long in W. japonica). Both species possess a conspicuous annulus of fine hairs at the mouth of the calyx and narrow lanceolate stipules that arise directly from a deltoid gibbosity positioned on the branch immediately subtending the leaf rachis.

Illustrations.

Wei and Pedley, Flora of China 10: 184, t. 219 [8-15] (2010). http://www.plantphoto.cn (In Home Page enter Callerya kiangsiensis).

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang).

Habitat.

open sites clambering over scrub among woods and forests up to 500 m.