Taxonomic reconsideration of Prunus veitchii (Rosaceae)

• Published in: PhytoKeys Vol. 115; pp. 59 - 71
• Main Authors: Wu, Baohuan, Liu, Chaoyu, Potter, Daniel, Cui, Dafang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 2019
• Subjects: Leaves; Lectotypes; Pandanus veitchii; Prunus; Taxonomy
• ISSN: 1314-2011; 1314-2003
• DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.115.29219

Prunusveitchii
was published in 1912 and was treated as a synonym of P.serrulatavar.pubescens. The information about this taxon is relatively scarce. When consulting specimens of
Prunus
L., type materials of
Prunusveitchii
were found to belong to three taxa and
P.veitchii
,
P.concinna
, P.japonicavar.zhejiangensis,
C.jingningensis
and
C.xueluoensis
were found to be conspecific. The taxonomic status of
P.veitchii
is reconsidered in the present paper. Morphometric analyses were performed to evaluate the significance of differences between
P.veitchii
and P.serrulatavar.pubescens. The results show that the leaves of
P.veitchii
are significantly smaller and narrower than the leaves of P.serrulatavar.pubescens and the peduncle and pedicels are shorter. According to the results of morphometric analyses,
P.veitchii
should be treated as a separate species. To address these results, a lectotype of
P.veitchii
is designated here and
P.concinna, Cerasusjingningensis
and
C.xueluoensis
are here designated as synonyms of
P.veitchii
.