Materia ad Floram Cucurbitacearum Sinensium — Hemsleya Cogn.

Wu Cheng-Yih, Chen Zong-Lian

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1985-04-18 Published:1985-04-18
Contact: Wu Cheng-Yih

Abstract:

the present paper is a meterial of the genus Hemsleya Cogn. for flora of

China-Cucurbitaceae.

The genus Hemsleya was established by C. A. Cogniaux in 1889. By 1982 about 7

species had been discovered in China, and most of them are mainly distributed in S. W.

China, particularly in Yunnan and Sichuan. Their tubers have been used as a folk

medicine for a long time. However, we began to search for them, and meanwhile collect

and cultivate them, only about ten years ago. After a general survey and taxonomical

study, 20 species of Hemsleya are recorded from Yunnan in the paper. Among them 18

species and 3 varieties are new. All the types are kept in Herb. KUN.

According to the characters, of corolla and fruit also the seed condition, widely or

narrowly winged, proposed are four sections, namely: Sect. I. Craciliflorae; Sect. II.

Amabiles; Sect. III. Carnosiflorae and Sect. IV. Hemsleya, among which 3 are new.

Key words: Hemsleya, new sp.

Wu Cheng-Yih, Chen Zong-Lian. Materia ad Floram Cucurbitacearum Sinensium — Hemsleya Cogn.[J]. .

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