Abstract:

The Chinese Elaeocarpus Linn. is revised. Here reported are those taxa

with different treatment in “Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. “, Tomus 49 (1), including one

new species and one new variety: Elaeocarpus limitaneioides Y. Tang and E.

glabripetalus var.  grandifructus Y.  Tang,  Four species and two varieties are

reduced: E. boreali-yunnanensis H. T. Chang is reduced to E. lacunosus Wall.

ex Kurz; E. floribundioides H. T. Chang to E. austro-yunnanensis Hu; E.

fengjieensis P. C. Tuan to E. duclouxii Gagnep .; E. kwangsiensis  H .T.

Chang to E. glabripetalus var. alatus(Knuth) H. T. Chang; E. glabripetalus

var. teres H. T. Chang to E. glabripetalus var. glabripetalus ; E. prunifolioides

var. rectinervis H. T. Chang to E. prunifolioides Hu. It is found that three

species, E. rugosus Roxb., E. sikkimensis Mast. and E. decandrus Merr., were

wrongly determined as E. apiculatus Mast., E. fleuryi Gagnep. and E. chinensis

Hook. f., respectively. In the paper also reported are some provincial new

records. The infrageneric systems are discussed briefly and the Masters’ system is

followed with some modifications.

Key words: Elaeocarpus Linn., Revision, China