全 文 ：In 1986, Wang[1] described Delphinium yulung-
shanicum W. T. Wang on the basis of two collections,
C. Z. Bao 63-20455 (Fig. 1: A, B) and S. W. Yu s.n.
(Fig. 2: D), from Yulong Shan (also well known as
Likiang Snow Range), Lijiang, northwestern Yunnan,
China, with the former being designated as the holo-
type. In 1997, on the basis of a collection from Yulong
Shan again, i.e. J. F. Rock 10817 (Fig. 1: C, D), Wang
and Warnock[2] described D. grandilimbum W. T. Wang
& M. J. Warnock.
Upon careful examination of the type material
of Delphinium yulungshanicum and D. grandilimbum
we found that the two species are not essentially
different from each other. The stems are retrorsely
puberulent proximally, glabrescent distally; the leaves
are pentagonal, 3-cleft; the inflorescence rachis
is subglabrous; the pedicels are distally sparsely
spreading puberulent; the spur of sepals are straight
or slightly recurved; the carpels number 3, densely
adpressed yellowish-brown hirsute. In particular, the
petiole of their stem leaves is more or less vaginate at
base (Fig. 1: A–D; Fig. 2: D).
热带亚热带植物学报　2014， 22(2)： 125 ~ 130
Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany
中国毛茛科翠雀属的分类学研究(一)：鞘柄翠雀花
二新异名
袁琼, 杨亲二*
(中国科学院华南植物园，中国科学院植物资源保护与可持续利用重点实验室， 广州 510650)
摘要： 通过查阅标本和野外观察，发现根据采自云南西北部丽江玉龙山标本描述的玉龙山翠雀花(Delphinium yulungshanicum
W. T. Wang)和硕片翠雀花(D. grandilimbum W. T. Wang & M. J. Warnock)实际上属于目前仅知在该山体有分布的鞘柄翠雀花(D.
coleopodum Hand.-Mazz.)的较小个体，故将它们处理为鞘柄翠雀花的异名。
关键词： 翠雀属； 毛茛科； 分类学
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005–3395.2014.02.003
Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) from
China (I): Two New Synonyms of D. coleopodum
YUAN Qiong, YANG Qin-er*
(Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Guangzhou 510650, China)
Abstract: Both herbarium and field observations have shown that Delphinium yulungshanicum W. T. Wang and
D. grandilimbum W. T. Wang & M. J. Warnock, both described from Yulong Shan, Lijiang, northwestern Yunnan,
China, are no more than a diminutive form of D. coleopodum Hand.-Mazz., a species currently known only from
Yulong Shan. We therefore reduce them to the synonymy of D. coleopodum.
Key words: Delphinium; Ranunculaceae; Taxonomy
Received： 2013–11–21　　　　Accepted： 2014–01–05
This study was supported by the National Basic Research Program (2013FY112100).
* Corresponding author. E-mail: qeyang@scib.ac.cn
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Fig. 1 Specimens of Delphinium coleopodum. A: China, Lijiang, Yulong Shan, C. Z. Bao 63-20455 (holotype of D. yulungshanicum, KUN); B: The
same locality, C. Z. Bao 63-20455 (isotype of D. yulungshanicum, KUN); C: The same locality, J. F. Rock 10817 (holotype of D. grandilimbum, US); D:
The same locality, J. F. Rock 10817 (isotype of D. grandilimbum, US). Arrows indicate the vaginate petiole base.
Delphinium coleopodum Hand.-Mazz., a species
described by Handel-Mazzetti[3] in 1931 from Yulong
Shan and currently known only from this mountain, is
characterized by, among other characters, the petiole
of stem leaves vaginate at base[3–7]. In fact, the specific
epithet “coleopodum” refers to this feature (“cole-”
meaning knife sheath in Greek; -podum meaning
-footed or -based in Greek). Both herbarium and field
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Fig. 2 Specimens of Delphinium coleopodum. A: China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulong Shan, Handel-Mazzetti 4105 (holotype, WU); B: The same locality, G.
Forrest 22483 (isoparatype, E); C: The same locality, G. Forrest 3035 (P); D: The same locality, S. W. Yu s.n. (paratype of D. yulungshanicum, KUN).
Arrows indicate the vaginate petiole base.
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observations of D. coleopodum have shown that this
species is highly variable in the stature (ranging from
12–45 cm) and concomitantly in the flower number
(ranging from 1–16) (Figs. 2– 4). On the eastern flank
of Yu Long Shan, this species is very common at
altitudes of 3000 –3700 m, growing in meadows or
grassy slopes. It is clear that both D. yulungshanicum
and D. grandilimbum are no more than a diminutive
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Fig. 3 Specimens (A–D) from a population of Delphinium coleopodum (China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulong Shan, Q. E. Yang & H. H. Kong 3168, IBSC),
showing the variation of the species in stature and flower number.
form of D. coleopodum. We therefore reduce them to
the synonymy of D. coleopodum.
Taxonomic treatment
Delphinium coleopodum Hand.-Mazz., Symb.
Sin. 7: 275. 1931; Chen in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol.,
n.s., 1: 172. 1948; W. T. Wang in Acta Bot. Sin. 10:
161. 1962; Munz in J. Arnold Arb. 48: 512. 1967, p.p.,
excl. J. F. Rock 24738 (belonging to D. beesianum W.
W. Smith); W. T. Wang in Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.

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syn. nov. Type: China. Yunnan: Lijiang, Yulong Shan,
3700 m, 10 Sept., 1963, C. Z. Bao 63-20455 (holotype,
KUN!; isotype, KUN!).
D. grandilimbum W. T. Wang & M. J. Warnock
in Guihaia 17: 10. 1997; et in Fl. Yunnan. 11: 146.
2000; W. T. Wang & Warnock in Fl. China 6: 272.
2001. syn. nov. Type: China. Yunnan: Likiang (Lijiang),
Likiang Snow Range (Yulong Shan), meadows, 3700 m,
19 Sept., 1923, J. F. Rock 10817 (holotype, US!;
isotypes, P!, US!).
Distribution and habitat. Delphinium coleopodum
is currently known only from Yulong Shan, Lijiang,
northwestern Yunnan, China, most likely endemic to
this mountain (Fig. 5). It grows in meadows or grassy
Fig. 5 Distribution ( ● ) of Delphinium coleopodum
slopes at altitudes of 3000–3700 m.
Additional specimens examined. China: Yunnan:
Lijiang, Anonymous 21327 (KUN, PE), R. C. Ching
31053 (the left specimen; the right two ones belonging
to Delphinium beesianum) (PE), K. M. Feng 2514
(KUN), G. Forrest 3035 (P), 6690 (P), 22362 (PE),
22483 (P), 28380 (PE), 30693 (PE), J. F. Rock 6092
(P), 10639 (P), 11688 (the left specimen; the right one
belonging to D. beesianum) (P), Q. E. Yang 94116
(PE), Q. E. Yang & H. H. Kong 3168 (IBSC), Q. E.
Yang & H. Z. Kong 98-483 (PE), Q. E. Yang & Q.
Yuan 157 (PE), S. W. Yu s. n. (KUN), T. T. Yu 15592
(KUN, PE).
Acknowledgments　　We are grateful to the curators of IBSC,
KUN, P, PE, and US for the permission to use their scanned
images of specimens and for research facilities. We thank Ms.
Yu ZHANG and Mr. Jiang-ping LUO for the preparation of
illustrations.
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