Further Notes on the Genus Lysimachia L. in Mainland S. E. Asia

Hu Chi-Ming

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1985-10-18 Published:1985-10-18
Contact: Hu Chi-Ming

Abstract:

The present paper is an extension of my revision of Chinese species of the genus

Lysimachia published in 1979 (Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17: 21-53). The area under con-

sideration comprises Burma, Thailand and Indo-China. They are closely associated

with southern China geographically and floristcally. However, since Bonati’s account

for Lecomte’s Flore Generale De L’Indo-Chine (1930) recorded 11 species, and Flet-

cher’s enumeration listed 12 species from Thailand (Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 2:

323-325, 1938), there has been no detailed systematic study on this genus of the whole

area, although many new species have been described and published in different jour-

nals.

During this study, I have had an opportunity of studing all the materials in the

herbaria Edinburgh, Kew, British Museum (N. H.) and Paris. Thanks to these ins-

titutions, I am able to judge the species known to occur in this region and present an

up-to-date account with a key for identification of all taxa (25 species, 1 subspecies and

2 varieties) and a brief enumeration of their synonyms and geographical distribution.

L. chenii, L. remotiflora are described as new; L. insignis, L. microcarpa and L. prolife-

ra are for the first time reported from this region, and the disused name L. siamensis

Bonati is reinstated. Furthermore, some additional descriptions or notes on species pre-

viously very incompetely known are also included.

Key words: Lysimachia, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China

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