Magnolia hunanensis (C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan) C.B. Callaghan & S.K. Png, 2020

Callaghan, Christopher B. & Png, Siak K., 2020, Twenty-six additional new combinations in the Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) of China and Vietnam, PhytoKeys 146, pp. 1-35 : 1

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.146.52114
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scientific name	Magnolia hunanensis (C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan) C.B. Callaghan & S.K. Png
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Magnolia hunanensis (C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan) C.B. Callaghan & S.K. Png comb. nov.

Basionym.

Michelia hunanensis C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan. In: C.L. Peng et al., J. Hunan Forest. Tech. Coll. 1995(1): 15 (1995).

Chinese name.

湖南含笑 meaning "Hunan michelia"

Type.

CHINA. Hunan Province: Xinning County, without elevation or collection date, L.H. Yan & C.L. Peng 93018 (holotype: HFBG n.v.; isotype: HFTC n.v.).

Magnolia maudiae (Dunn) Figlar var. hunanensis (C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan) Sima (2001: 33).

Michelia cavaleriei Finet & Gagnep. In: Xia & Deng (2002: 132) and Sima (2011: 214), both p.p. quoad syn. Michelia hunanensis C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan-Sima & Lu (2009: 50), p.p. quoad syns. Michelia hunanensis C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan and Magnolia maudiae (Dunn) Figlar var. hunanensis (C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan) Sima.

Michelia cavaleriei Finet & Gagnep. var. cavaleriei . In: Xia et al. (2008: 84), p.p. quoad syn. Michelia hunanensis C.L. Peng & L.H. Yan.

Note 1.

The holotype specimen was irretrievably damaged during repeated relocations of the HFBG herbarium (Yan Lihong, pers. comm.). Photographs were sent in its place.

Note 2. The numerous known differentiating features compiled in Table 3 View Table 3 below confirm Michelia hunanensis as an independent species and not a variety of Magnolia maudiae , nor a synonym of Michelia cavaleriei var. cavaleriei as noted above.