全 文 ：中国橐吾属(菊科-千里光族)的分类学研究(三)：
芥形橐吾、岷县橐吾和半裂橐吾的名实订正
任琛, 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： 将芥形橐吾(Ligularia brassicoides Hand.-Mazz.)、岷县橐吾(L. ianthochaeta C. C. Chang)和半裂橐吾(L. paradoxa Hand.-
Mazz. var. palmatifida S. W. Liu & T. N. Ho) 处理为异名。
关键词： 菊科； 橐吾属； 千里光族； 分类学
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005–3395.2013.06.007
Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Ligularia Cass. (Asteraceae, Senecioneae)
from China (III): The Identities of L. brassicoides, L. ianthochaeta, and
L. paradoxa var. palmatifida
REN Chen, YANG Qin-er*
(Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Guangzhou 510650, China)
Abstract: We synonymize three names of the genus Ligularia from China, including L. brassicoides Hand.-
Mazz., L. ianthochaeta C. C. Chang, and L. paradoxa Hand.-Mazz. var. palmatifida S. W. Liu & T. N. Ho.
Key words: Asteraceae; Ligularia Cass.; Senecioneae; Taxonomy
This paper continues to report the results of
our taxonomic revision of the genus Ligularia Cass.
(Asteraceae, Senecioneae) from China. We synonymize
three names of the genus herein.
1. Ligularia melanocephala (Franch.) Hand.-
Mazz. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 119. 1938; S. W. Liu in
Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 77(2): 106. 1989; T. L. Min
in Fl. Yunnan. 13: 513. 2004, p.p., excl. pl. Deqen;
S. W. Liu & I. D. Illar. in Fl. China 20–21: 397.
2011. —— Senecio melanocephalus Franch. in Bull.
Soc. Bot. France 39: 294. 1892. Type: China. Yunnan:
Eryuan, Lao-Long-tong, alt. 3500 m, Delavay 3373
(lectotype, here designated, P!).
Ligularia brassicoides Hand.-Mazz. in Bot.
Jahrb. Syst. 69: 118. 1938; S. W. Liu in Fl. Reipubl.
Popularis Sin. 77(2): 108. 1989; S. W. Liu & I. D.
Illar. in Fl. China 20–21: 397. 2011. syn. nov. Type:
China. Sichuan: Muli, Mount Konka, Risonquemba,
Konkaling, in fir forest, alt. 4480 m, Jun. 1928, Rock
16332 (holotype, B; isotype, US!).
For a fuller citation of literature and synonyms,
see Liu[1], and Liu & Illarionova[2].
Notes. When Handel-Mazzetti[3] described Ligularia
Received： 2012–10–26　　　　Accepted： 2013–01–23
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31170186, 31110103911) and the Main Direction Program of
Knowledge Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-Z-1).
* Corresponding author. E-mail: qeyang@scib.ac.cn
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brassicoides, he pointed out that it is very close to L.
melanocephala, and stressed that he had seen only
a stem of one of the syntypes of L. melanocephala,
Delavay 3975 from Eryuan, northwestern Yunnan, and
a specimen of the species from Lijiang, also northwestern
Yunnan, i.e. Rock 4420. We can safely assume that
at that time Handel-Mazzetti did not understand L.
melanocephala well. He thought that the plant might
occur only in northwestern Yunnan, which has led him
to describe the Sichuan specimens as an independent
species. Examination of the much richer material now
available of L. melanocephala from Yunnan (Fig. 1:
A–B) against the type collections of L. brassicoides
from Sichuan (Fig. 1: C–D) shows L. brassicoides to
be conspecific with L. melanocephala.
We have not as yet seen specimen of L. melanoce-
phala from Deqen County, northwestern Yunnan.
Two collections from Deqen, C. W. Wang 69754 (PE)
and C. W. Wang 69925 (PE), which were previously
identified as L. melanocephala, should be referred to
L. dictytoneura (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.
Additional specimens examined. China.
Sichuan: Muli, Rock 16827 (GH, US); Yunnan:
Eryuan, Delavay 3975 (K, P), 4492 (P); Lijiang, Q.
Lin et al. 771450 (KUN), R. L. Xiong & Y. F. Qi
612752 (KUN); Zhongdian, K. M. Feng, 1495 (KUN),
1865 (KUN, PE), 23221 (KUN, PE), Qinghai-Xizang
Exped. 1332 (KUN, PE), T. T. Yu 11665 (KUN, PE),
12160 (KUN), 12166 (KUN, PE), Zhongdian Exped.
63-2923 (KUN).
Distribution and habitat. Ligularia melanocephala
is distributed in northwestern Yunnan (Eryuan, Lijiang,
Zhongdian) and western Sichuan (Muli). It grows on
grassy slopes or in forests at altitudes of 3400–4000 m
above sea level.
2. Ligularia macrodonta Y. Ling in Contr. Inst.
Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 5: 2. 1937; Hand.-Mazz.
in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 114. 1938; S. W. Liu in Fl.
Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 77(2): 32. 1989; S. W. Liu & I.
D. Illar. in Fl. China 20–21: 390. 2011. Type: China.
Qinghai: Xunhua, Dalijia Shan, near streams on high
summit, alt. 3800 m, Sept. 3, 1936, T. P. Wang 6026
(holotype, PE!).
Ligularia ianthochaeta C. C. Chang in Acta
Phytotax. Sin. 1: 321. 1951; S. W. Liu in Fl. Reipubl.
Popularis Sin. 77(2): 69. 1989; S. W. Liu & I. D. Illar.
in Fl. China 20–21: 412. 2011. syn. nov. Type: China.
Gansu: Lianhua Shan, alt. 2400 m, Aug. 1950,
Anonymous 383 (holotype, PE!).
For a fuller citation of literature and synonyms,
see Liu[1], and Liu & Illarionova[2].
Notes. Since its description[4], Ligularia ianthochaeta
has been known only from the type specimen with an
incomplete inflorescence (Fig. 2: A). The type locality,
Lianhua Shan, Gansu Province, is closely adjacent to
that of L. macrodonta, i.e. Xunhua, Qinghai. We found
several herbarium specimens of L. macrodonta (Fig. 2:
B–D) collected from the Lianhua Shan area and also
discovered this species in our expedition to that area
in 2011. Both our herbarium and field observations show
L. ianthochaeta to be conspecific with L. macrodonta.
Additional specimens examined. China. Gansu:
Lianhua Shan, X. G. Sun et al. 2075 (PE); Lintan, Y.
S. Lian et al. 96766 (PE), C. Ren & L. Y. Wang 352
(IBSC); Zhuoni, W. Y. Hsia 8454 (WUK).
Distribution and habitat. Ligularia macrodonta
is distributed in southwestern Gansu (Lianhua Shan)
and eastern Qinghai (Xunhua). It grows on grassy
slopes, rocky slopes, or along forest margins at altitudes
of 2400–3800 m above sea level.
3. Ligularia × maoniushanensis X. Gong & Y. Z.
Pan in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 493. 2008. Type:
China. Yunnan: Ninglang, Maoniu Shan, in spruce-
fir forest, alt. 4200 m, 16 Jul., 2001, X. Gong 22357
(holotype, KUN!).
Ligularia paradoxa Hand.-Mazz. var. palmatifida
S. W. Liu & T. N. Ho in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 39: 559.
2001; S. W. Liu & I. D. Illar. in Fl. China 20– 21: 387.
2011. syn. nov. Type: China. Yunnan: Zhongdian,
Haba Xue Shan, open hillside, alt. ca. 4000 m, Aug.
23, 1939, K. M. Feng 2154 (holotype, GH!; isotype,
PE!).
Notes. Pan et al.[5] has revealed, on the basis
of evidence from gross morphology, cytology, ISSR
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Fig. 1 Ligularia melanocephala (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz. A: K. M. Feng 1495 (KUN), Shigao Xue Shan, Zhongdian, Yunnan, China; B: T. T. Yu 12160
(KUN), Xianrendong, Zhongdian, Yunnan, China; C: J. F. Rock 16332 (isotype of L. brassicoides Hand.-Mazz., US), Muli, Sichuan, China; D: J. F.
Rock 16827 (paratype of L. brassicoides, US), Muli, Sichuan, China.
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Fig. 2 Ligularia macrodonta Y. Ling. A: Anonymous 383 (PE, holotype of L. ianthochaeta C. C. Chang), Lianhua Shan, Gansu, China; B: T. P. Wang
6026 (holotype, PE), Dalijia Shan, Xunhua, Qinghai, China; C: X. G. Sun 2075 (PE), Lianhua Shan, Gansu; D: W. Y. Hsia 8454 (WUK), Zhuoni,
Gansu, China.
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markers and trnL-F sequence data, that Ligularia ×
maoniushanensis is a natural interspecific hybrid
between L. paradoxa Hand.-Mazz. and L. duciformis
(C. Winkl.) Hand.-Mazz. They stated that this hybrid
species had been known only from its type locality.
Obviously these authors has ignored the earlier published
name L. paradoxa var. palmatifida, which was
described on the basis of a collection from Zhongdian,
northwestern Yunnan, i.e. K. M. Feng 2154[6]. As
shown in Figure 3, L. paradoxa var. palmatifida is
morphologically not essentially different from L. ×
maoniushanensis. Their geographical ranges are also
closely adjacent. We accept the taxonomic status of L. ×
maoniushanensis herein and thus have to synonymize
L. paradoxa var. palmatifida.
Distribution and habitat. Ligularia × maoniu-
shanensis is distributed in northwestern Yunnan
(Ninglang, Zhongdian), China. It grows in spruce-fir
forests or on open slopes at altitudes of 4000–4200 m
above sea level.
Acknowledgments　　We are grateful to the curators of
GH, IBSC, KUN, PE, US, and WUK for the permission to use
their scanned images of specimens and for research facilities.
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Fig. 3 Ligularia × maoniushanensis X. Gong & Y. Z. Pan. A: X. Gong 22357 (holotype, KUN), Maoniu Shan, Ninglang, Yunnan, China; B: K. M.
Feng 2154 (holotype of L. paradoxa Hand.-Mazz. var. palmatifida S. W. Liu & T. N. Ho, GH), Haba Xue Shan, Zhongdian, Yunnan, China.