Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) from China (XIII):The Identity of D. angustipaniculatum

Abstract:

Delphinium angustipaniculatum W. T. Wang described from southern Gansu, China, is found to be conspecific with D. sutchuenense Franch., a species previously recorded to occur in southern Gansu and northern Sichuan. Therefore, the former is reduced to the synonymy of the latter. Morphological differences between D. sutchuenense and its two putative close allies, D. giraldii Diels and D. sparsiflorum Maxim., are discussed.