11. Rubus megalothyrsus Cardot (1917: 293)

Type (lectotype designated here):— CHINA. Kwangtung (Guangdong), Aug. 1887, C. Ford 73 (barcode K000737645!). [Image available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000737645] .

Note:— In the protologue, Cardot (1917) provided two collections: “ China: Kwangtung [Guangdong] (Ford 73)”, and “ Province de Kiangsi [Jiangxi], haies autour de Kin-Kiang, 1868 (David 781)” but did not indicate the holotype specimen. We locate one specimen of “ Ford 73 ”, deposited in K (barcode 000737645), and 4 duplicate specimens of “ David s.n. ” kept in P (barcode 00746137, 00746138, 00746139, 00746140) but without collection number, so it cannot be select as the lectotype. We designate the sheet “ Ford 73 ” in K (barcode 000737645) as the lectotype (Art. 9.12 of ICN), since it is morphological complete with the presence of stem, leaves, flower, and inflorescence that fully correspond with the protologue .