Heteropolygonatum ginfushanicum (F.T.Wang & Tang) Tamura et al. (2000: 157)

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Heteropolygonatum ginfushanicum (F.T.Wang & Tang) Tamura et al. (2000: 157) .

Basionym: Smilacina ginfoshanica Wang & Tang (1978: 249) ≡ Polygonatum ginfushanicum (F.T.Wang & Tang) Wang & Tang (1983: 261) . Type:— CHINA. Chongqing: Nanchuan County, “Gin-fu-shan” [Jinfo Shan], 1730–1800 m, 17 May 1957, T.H. Hsiung et T.L. Chou 90841 (holotype PE!; isotypes KUN!).

Specimens examined:— CHINA. Chongqing: Jinfo , 30 May 1957, T.H. Hsiung et T.L. Chou 91094 ( PE!) ; Jinfo , 17 May 1957, T.H. Hsiung et T.L. Chou 90841 ( PE!, KUN!) ; Guizhou: Jiangkou , 6 May 1964, Z.S. Zhang et al. 400642 ( PE!) ; Hubei: Lichuan , 12 October 1939, H.G. Li 11080 ( MO!) ; Hunan: Sangchi County, Mao River , 13 July 1975, Bing 750259 ( PE 00036825 !) *.

Heteropolygonatum roseolum M.N.Tamura & Ogisu in Tamura et al. (1997: 951). Type:— CHINA. Guangxi: Jinxiu , Mt Dayao , c. 1250 m, in dark mossy evergreen broad-leaved forests. Cult. in Yamasaki , Hyogo , Japan , 30 May 1996, Tamura & Ogisu 5028 (holotype PE; isotype K!).

Specimens examined:— CHINA. Guangxi: Pangxidong , 17 May 1957, D. Chen 202 ( IBK!) ; ibidem, 13 May 1936, Tsoong 81601 ( PE!, IBK!) ; ibidem, Tsoong 82084 ( PE!) ; Gelao , 15 May 1982, F.T.Fang 65245 ( PE!) ; Dayaoshan , 16 June 1958, Y.K. Liu 400365 ( IBK!) ; Miaoshan , 26 June 1959, Qinghua 2551 ( HITBC!) ; Chanpin , 10 Oct 1935, S.P. Ko 55893 ( PE!) ; Mt. Dayao , 30 May 1996, M.N. Tamura et M. Ogisu 5028 (isotype K!) ; Hunan: Dongkou Co., Daping , 20 May 1959, Tan Peixiang 62939 ( IBK00139227 !) *; Xinning Co., Mt. Ziyun , 9 September 1984, Ziyunshan Exp. 331 ( TAIF!) *; Longsheng County, on rocks in moss, 1955, sine coll. 00191 ( PE!) ; ibidem, 1954, sine coll. s.n. (IBM!)*.

Taxonomic relationships:—The Hunan Province specimens are in fruit and are tentatively placed here on the basis of morphological similarities and their geographic proximity to H. roseolum . Tsoong 81601 from Shune-yuen, Guangxi was attributed to Heteropolygonatum altelobatum by Jeffrey (1980) who considered it an insufficient specimen with an affinity to that species. Later collections of this plant became the type species of Heteropolygonatum (see Tamura et al. 1997). These additional collections reported here from Hunan Province, China expand the provincial distribution northward. Other specimens, despite their less than adequate locality records, confirm a broader distribution in northcentral Guangxi ( Fig. 3 ). Based on these range expansions it is probable that its range occurs throughout the Nanling Shan at elevations where suitable habitats are supported.

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FIGURE 3. Map of China and neighboring countries showing the distribution of Heteropolygonatum species in southwest China. Heteropolygonatum anomalum and H. pendulum = white circle with black center, H. alternicirrhosum = grey triangles, H. ginfushanicum = black triangles, H. marmoratum = black squares, H. ogisui and H. xui = white circle, H. parcefolium = white squares, H. roseolum = black star, and H. altelobatum = black +. All localities are plotted from label data or estimated coordinates from specimens.