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Corresponding author: Yong Yang ( yangyong@njfu.edu.cn ) Academic editor: Dennis Stevenson
© 2022 Chao Tan, David E. Boufford, Yong Yang.
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Tan C, Boufford DE, Yang Y (2022) Nomenclature and typification of Cathaya argyrophylla (Pinaceae). PhytoKeys 215: 81-85. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.215.96362
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In 1958, Chun and Kuang described Cathaya Chun & Kuang as a new genus of Pinaceae. They included one fossil species, C. loehri (Engelh. & Kink.) Chun & Kuang and two extant species, C. argyrophylla Chun & Kuang and C. nanchuanensis Chun & Kuang. Under Art. 40.1 of the Shenzhen Code, they did not validly publish Cathaya because they did not designate a type species for the generic name. Four years later (
Cathaya argyrophylla, gathering, nomenclature, Pinaceae, Shenzhen Code, typification
Cathaya argyrophylla Chun & Kuang is the sole extant species of Cathaya Chun & Kuang (Pinaceae). The genus was widely distributed during the Tertiary (
In 1955, J. X. Zhong led a group of botanists to collect an unusual conifer in Guang-Fu-Lin-Qu in Longsheng Xian, Guangxi Province, China (
A further complication, however, was recently discovered.
C. argyrophylla Chun & Kuang.
China. Guangxi, Longsheng Xian., alt. 1400 m, on sunny rocky slopes, 16 May 1955, Guang-Fu-Lin-Qu 00198 (lectotype: IBSC0000004 excl. pollen-bearing cones, photo!, here designated; isolectotypes: GAC0005145 photo!, IBK00200027 photo!, IBK00190034 photo!, IBK00190035 photo!, IBK00190036 photo!, IBSC0000005, IBSC0011250, IBSC0003243 photo!, IBSC0003246 photo!, IBSC0003247, IBSC0003248 photo!, IBSC0003249 photo!, IBSC0003250 photo!, IBSC0003251 photo!, IBSC0003252 photo!, PE00000497 photo!, PE00000498 photo!, SYS00095331 photo!, SZ00004502 photo!).
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We thank the Chinese Virtual Herbarium (CVH, https://www.cvh.ac.cn/) for ensuring the availability of digitized specimens. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (award no. 31970205) and the Metasequoia fund of Nanjing Forestry University.