Abstract
In accordance with the previous reduction of the remaining genera of subfamily Magnolioideae (Magnoliaceae) into the genus Magnolia, twenty-six new nomenclatural combinations are formally made by transferring to Magnolia some additional Chinese and Vietnamese taxa from the segregate genera of Manglietia, Michelia and Yulania. The following nine new combinations are created from Manglietia, namely Magnolia admirabilis, M. albistaminea, M. guangnanica, M. jinggangshanensis, M. maguanica, M. pubipedunculata, M. pubipetala, M. rufisyncarpa and M. sinoconifera. Also, twelve new combinations are created from Michelia, namely Magnolia caloptila, M. caudata, M. fallax, M. gelida, M. hunanensis, M. maudiae var. rubicunda, M. multitepala, M. platypetala, M. rubriflora, M. septipetala, M. sonlaensis, M. xinningia. Finally, five new combinations are created from Yulania, namely Magnolia baotaina, M. pendula, M. pilocarpa var. ellipticifolia, M. puberula and M. urceolata.
Highlights
In accordance with the previous reduction of the remaining genera of subfamily Magnolioideae (Magnoliaceae) into the genus Magnolia, twenty-six new nomenclatural combinations are formally made by transferring to Magnolia some additional Chinese and Vietnamese taxa from the segregate genera of Manglietia, Michelia and Yulania that were described during the past decade and occasionally earlier, plus a few formerly synonymised, reinstated taxa
The following nine new combinations are created from Manglietia, namely Magnolia admirabilis
To maintain these twenty-six predominantly recently described taxa in limbo in segregate genera will contribute to further instability and inevitable confusion in the scientific and popular literature, as well as within the botanical world and the horticultural industry, which has resulted from having two diverse systems operating simultaneously
Summary
Figlar (2012), a past president and present scientific advisor of Magnolia Society International, provides a concise but thorough background to the complex generic history of subfamily Magnolioideae of family Magnoliaceae, starting with J.E. Dandy in the early part of the previous century. Revisions were to follow Dandy’s death in late 1976, including the classification of the leading Chinese Magnoliaceae researcher, Liu Yu-hu (aka Law Yuh-wu). His proposed Taxonomic System of Magnoliaceae (Law 1984), republished in Magnolias of China in the year he died (Liu et al 2004), basically added a further 4 genera to those of Dandy. Representatives of 10 of the 15 genera included in subfamily Magnolioideae in Liu’s classification occur in China
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