摘 要 ：毛茛科(Ranunculaceae)升麻属(Cimicifuga L. ex Wernisch.)为北温带分布属。Compton等1998年(Taxon 47 : 620和 Appendix 1)报道我国热带岛屿海南岛五指山有小升麻[C. japonica (Thunb.) Spreng.]植物的分布,从而使升麻属这一较典型的北温带分布属的分布区扩展至热带地区。经检查他们引证的标本——黄志44305,发现上述报道完全错误,是他们将这一标本的产地错误地归于海南岛的结果。此外,还指出他们将采自贵州平伐附近的标本J. Cavalerie 7868的产地错误地归于云南。在我国,小升麻目前仅知在安徽、重庆、甘肃、广东、贵州、河南、湖北、湖南、陕西、山西、浙江有分布。
Abstract:The genus Cimicifuga L. ex Wernisch. (Ranunculaceae) is of a north temperate distribution. The occurrence of the species C. japonica (Thunb.) Spreng. on the tropical Hainan Island of China documented by Compton et al. (Taxon 47 : 620 and Appendix 1. 1998) caught our attention. Examination of the specimen cited by these authors, C. Wang 44305, however, has shown that this specimen was collected from Wuzhi Shan, Ruyuan County, northern Guangdong Province, China. Obviously Compton et al. had confused the Wuzhi Shan in northern Guangdong with a mountain on Hainan Island with the same name and much more well-known. The occurrence of C. japonica in Yunnan Province of China documented by Compton et al. (Taxon 47 : 620 and Appendix 1. 1998) is also erroneous. The specimen they cited, J. Cavalerie 7868, was actually collected from the vicinity of Guiding County, Guizhou Province. In China, C. japonica is currently known only from Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Zhejiang.