Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) from China (XIV): Two New Synonyms of D. kamaonense

Abstract:

The widespread Sino-Himalayan Delphinium kamaonense Huth is a very common species of weedy nature in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Xizang, China, with its distribution being nearly continuous. Examination of both herbarium specimens and living plants has shown that D. kamaonense var. glabrescens (W. T. Wang) W. T. Wang described from Bomi and Zayu in southeastern Xizang and D. obcordatilimbum W. T. Wang described from Riwoqe also in southeastern Xizang are not essentially different from D. kamaonense. Therefore, both D. kamaonense var. glabrescens and D. obcordatilimbum are reduced to the synonymy of D. kamaonense.