作 者 ：Wu Cheng-Yih, Chen Zong-Lian
期 刊 ：植物分类学报 1985年 2期
Keywords:Hemsleya, new sp.,
Abstract:
the present paper is a meterial of the genus Hemsleya Cogn. for flora of
China-Cucurbitaceae.
The genus Hemsleya was established by C. A. Cogniaux in 1889. By 1982 about 7
species had been discovered in China, and most of them are mainly distributed in S. W.
China, particularly in Yunnan and Sichuan. Their tubers have been used as a folk
medicine for a long time. However, we began to search for them, and meanwhile collect
and cultivate them, only about ten years ago. After a general survey and taxonomical
study, 20 species of Hemsleya are recorded from Yunnan in the paper. Among them 18
species and 3 varieties are new. All the types are kept in Herb. KUN.
According to the characters, of corolla and fruit also the seed condition, widely or
narrowly winged, proposed are four sections, namely: Sect. I. Craciliflorae; Sect. II.
Amabiles; Sect. III. Carnosiflorae and Sect. IV. Hemsleya, among which 3 are new.