Twenty-six additional new combinations in the Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) of China and Vietnam Callaghan, Christopher B. Png, Siak K. PhytoKeys 2020 146 1 35 885FC7B5-A2CA-50D0-A86C-41BD71B231A0 (Z. L. Nong) C. B. Callaghan & S. K. Png Callaghan & Png 2020 Z. L. Nong Magnoliopsida Magnoliaceae Magnolia CoL Plantae Magnolia septipetala Magnoliales 0 1 Tracheophyta species septipetala comb. nov.  Basionym.   Michelia septipetalaZ.L. Nong. In:  Guihaia13(3): 220-221, fig. 1 (1993).  Chinese name.  七瓣含笑meaning "seven-petals (tepals) michelia" (the tepals in fact are recorded as 7-9)  Type. CHINA. Jiangxi Province: Xinfeng County, Jinpen Shan, in woods, 21 May 1986, Nong Zhi-lin 086067(holotype: IBK, fl. white n.v.). Other specimens recorded: Same locality? Nong Z.L. 086167. Jiangxi Province: Shangyou County, Wuzhifeng, Guangu Shan, 670 m, 23 November 1976, Nong Z.L. 760347(JXAU online images!). Digital images of specimen 760347with collector noted as Shi Xinghua, accessed 19 March 2019: [JXAU: 0001182]: http://www.cvh.ac.cn/spm/JXAU/JXAU0001182 [JXAU: 0001183]: http://www.cvh.ac.cn/spm/JXAU/JXAU0001183 [JXAU: 0001184]: http://www.cvh.ac.cn/spm/JXAU/JXAU0001184   Michelia fujianensisQ.F. Zheng. In: Xia and Deng (2002: 130) and Xia et al. (2008: 83), both p.p. quoad syn.  Michelia septipetalaZ.L. Nong.   Michelia caloptilaY.W. Law & Y.F. Wu. In: Sima (2011: 234), p.p. quoad syn.  Michelia septipetalaZ.L. Nong.  Note. The holotype specimen of  Michelia septipetalacannot be found at IBK (Xu Wei-bin, pers. comm., July 2019). However,  M. septipetalacan be easily differentiated from both  M. fujianensisand  M. caloptila, the 2 species under which it is noted in synonymy above, by the comparison of their morphological and phenological characteristics summarised in Table 8below.   Table 8.Differentiating features of  Michelia septipetala,  M. fujianensisand  M. caloptila.     Plant feature    Michelia septipetalaZ.L. Nong    Michelia fujianensisQ.F. Zheng    Michelia caloptilaY.W. Law & Y.F. Wu  maximum height 28 m (30 m†) to 16 m§ ca. 15 m¶  bark colour greyish-white greyish-brown grey  indumentum of buds densely ferrugineus-tomentose densely cinnamon-coloured tomentose brown tomentose  indumentum of branchlets densely ferrugineus-tomentose densely cinnamon-coloured tomentose brown tomentose  leaf shape oblong-elliptic oblong or narrowly obovate-elliptic narrowly elliptic or elliptic  leaf dimensions 8-16 x2.8-5.5 cm 6-11 x2.5-4 cm 9-16 x2.5-5 cm  leaf apex / base short acuminate / broadly cuneate acute / rounded acuminate or caudate-acuminate / cuneate  leaf indumentum adaxially almost glabrous densely short-tomentose at midrib glabrous  leaf indumentum abaxially ferrugineus-pubescent, denser at midrib densely ferrugineus or brownish-yellow appressed sericeous minutely brown tomentose  lateral leaf veins 11-13 pairs 8-9 pairs 7-12 pairs  petiole length / indumentum 5-7 mm, densely ferrugineus pubescent 10-15 mm, densely cinnamon tomentose 5-10 mm, brown tomentose  peduncle indumentum densely ferrugineus-tomentose densely cinnamon-coloured tomentose not known  tepal number and shape 7-9: external 3 tepals obovate, internal tepals narrowly obovate 15-16: spathulate-oblong (12-17, outer 3 tepals narrowly obovate, inner tepals obovate, or narrowly ovate§) 6-9: obovate-oblong#  stamen number and length ca. 20, 10-15 mm number not known, 4-5.5 mm ca. 35 (photo#), length not known  filament length 4-5 mm 1-1.5 mm not known  gynoecium length narrowly cylindric, ca. 20 mm cylindric, ca. 5 mm not known  gynophore length ca. 8 mm ca. 1 mm not known  immature carpels ca. 20, densely yellow-brown sericeous, with 2-3 ovules each carpel pubescent, most aborted not known  gynophore in fruit yellow-brown tomentose, 18-25 mm long pilose, 2-2.5 mm long ca. 20 mm long  fruit aggregates 7-13 cm long 2-3 cm 4-10 cm long  mature carpels sessile, oblong or rounded, 1-1.8 x0.9-1.3 cm with 1-3 seeds obovoid, 1.5-2 cm xca. 1.2 cm with 1 seed broadly ovate or suborbicular, 1-1.8 cm long with 1-4 seeds.  flowering period May (-June?) January-February‡ December-January§ not known  fruiting period November October-November§ September¶  The differentiating features of  Michelia septipetalaare cited from Nong (1993)and Liao and Guo (2010)†; those of  Michelia fujianensisfrom Zheng (1981)‡, supplemented by Liu et al. (2004: 260)§, with those of  Michelia caloptilafrom Law and Wu (1984)and Liu et al. (2004: 228)¶, who each note the flowers as then unknown, plus Yang et al. (2016: 237)#.