Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia (Franch.) C.-B. Shang, Lowry & Frodin, 2000

Shang, C. - B., Lowry Ii, Porter P. & Frodin, David G., 2000, A taxonomic revision and re-definition of the genus Gamblea (Araliaceae), Adansonia (3) 22 (1), pp. 45-55 : 51

1b. Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia (Franch.) C.-B. Shang, Lowry & Frodin , comb. et stat. nov.

Acanthopanax evodiaefolius Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 10: 306 (1896); Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 489 (1900); Harms & Rehd. in Sargent, Pl. Wils. 2: 563 (1916); Harms, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 27: 29, pl. 4 a-c (1918); W.W. Smith, Notes Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 17: 101, 115, 125 (1929); Hand. Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 698 (1933); Li, Sargentia 2: 88 (1942); Hoo & Tseng, Fl. Reip. Popul. Sin. 54: 106 (1978); Feng & Y.R. Li, Fl. Yunnanica 2: 484 (1979). — Evodiopanax evodiaefolius (Franch.) Nakai , “ evodiaefolium ”, J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 8 (1924); C.- B. Shang & J.- Y. Huang, J. Nanjing For. Univ. 17: 33 (1993).

— Lectotype (here designated): Delavay 2414, China, Yunnan, les bois de Yang in chan, au-dessus de Mo-so-yn ( Lankong ), 2800 m, 7 June 1887, fl. ( P!; iso-, K!, L!, MO!, NFU!, P [2 sheets]!, TCD).

Flowers and fruits with 2 (rarely 3) style branches, largest leaflets 5-9(-14) cm long, with 5-8 secondary veins on each side of the midvein, fruit with a disk (0.8-) 1.5-1.7 mm in diam.

Some populations of Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia from east-central China resemble Japanese material assigned to G. innovans . Although consideration was given to including the latter within G. ciliata as well, the observed correlation of morphological differences with geographic distribution is regarded as sufficient to warrant maintaining them as separate species.

FRANCHET (1896) cited three collections when he described Acanthopanax evodiaefolius: Delavay 2414 , Farges 700 and Delavay s.n., collected on 7 August 1888. The latter two belong to the typical variety of Gamblea ciliata , whereas the first is clearly referable to the taxon recognized here as G. ciliata var. evodiaefolia , and is therefore designated as the lectotype.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — CHINA: Sichuan, Agric. Inst. Sichuan Exped. 00566, Tien Qian, Xin Gou, 3 June 1959 (PE); Dai Tien-lon 102573, Cheng Kou, (PE); Economic Plant Exped. 4524, Pu Xiang, 2800 m, 8 Aug. 1959 (PE); W.P. Fang 17593, Omei-hsien, Mt. Omei, 2300 m, 20 Aug. 1941, fr. ( A); W.P. Fang et al. 31381, E Mei Shan, 30 June 1952 (PE); Fliegner et al. SICH 1093, Muli Co., 10 km E of Nongshaliangzhi Pass, Nongsha Shan, 3470 m, 4 Oct. 1992, fr. ( K); Jing Fu Shan Exped. 2151, Nan Chuan, 5 Sep. 1986 (PE); Rock 18051, Siga Shan, 3380 m, July 1929, y.fr. ( E), 23869, Mt. Siga, W and overlooking the Yalang River, N of Karadi, 3350-3650 m, May 1932, fl. ( E, K), L. Y. Tai 91, Chin-lar-tung, 800 m, 3 Aug. 1940, fr. ( A); E.H. Wilson 4204, Wa-sen country, Wên Chuan Hsien, 2000 m, Oct. 1910, fr. ( A, K); Yao Chong-wu 3820, E Bien, Sha Pin, 21 Feb. 1938 (PE); Yao Zhongchun 3626, Hong Ya, 18 Oct. 1939 (PE); T.T. Yu 4026, Lei Bo (PE); Yan guan-fei 56750, E Shan xian, 2000 m, 19 Aug. 1957 (PE); Xiong Ji-hua et al. 93785, Jing Shan Xian, 1 Oct. 1957 (PE). Yunnan, Chamberlain et al. SBL 157, Lijiang Co., Yulong Shan, Heshui, 2850 m, 26 May 1987, fl. ( E, K), SBL 329, Lijiang Co., Yulong Shan, below Mahuangba, 3300 m, 2 June 1987, fl. ( E, K); R. C. Ching 22629, Yang pi, Ma Lu, 15 May 1929 (PE); Chungtien-Lijiang-Dali Exped. CLD-90, Tsang (Cang) Shan, Xi Shan ridge W of Huadianba, 3450 m, 18 Oct. 1990, fr. ( K); Delavay 2414, Yang in chan, au-dessus de Mo-so-yn (Lankong), 2800 m, 7 June 1887, fl. ( K, L, MO, NFU, P [3 sheets], TCD), 3464, Kou-toui, au-dessus de Moso-yn, 3000 m, 7 June 1888, fl. (P [2 sheets]); K.M. Feng 5432, De Qing, 16 July 1940 (PE), 7697, 10 Aug. 1940, (PE), 8993, Lijiang, 14 Aug. 1942, (PE), 20997, Chong Tian, 3 Oct. 1955 (PE); Forrest 5607, E flank Lichiang Range, 27°15’N, 3050-3350 m, May 1910, fl. ( E, P), 5616, same locality, May 1910, fr. ( E, K, P), 9121, W flank of Shweli-Salwin divide, 25°20’N, Aug. 1912, fr. ( E), 10235, Lichiang Range, 27°40’N, June 1913, fl. ( E, K, P), 15212, Lei-lung Shan, 28°10’N, July 1917, fr. ( E, K); Hu Zhi-hao 01323, Xijiang, 15 May 1973 (PE); Mao Pi-yi 822, Lu Chuan, 17 May 1952 (PE); Rock 25404, Lao-chun shan, SW of Shi-ku and the Yangtze, 3650 m, Nov. 1932, fr. ( E); S. Ten 468, Mo tao Tsin, Kou ty, near Pe yen, 15 Apr. 1917, fl. ( A, E); H.T. Tsai 56505, Shang Pa, 18 Sep. 1933 (PE), 59502, Wei-se Hsien, 2800 m, 22 Sep. 1934, fr. ( A), 59841, same locality, 17 Oct. 1934 (PE); Yu Ping-hua 922, Cheng Xiong, 1850 m, 26 Sep. 1957 (PE); T.T. Yu 16661, Shunning, Hila Wumulung, 2680 m, 10 July 1938, fr. ( E), 17207, Chengkang, Snow Range, Hsiaoshuishan, 3100 m, 5 Aug. 1938, fr. ( E). Guizhou, Jian Zhuo-po et al. 51336, Lei Shan Xan, 1300 m, 19 July 1965 (PE); Sino-American Guizhou Bot. Exped. 684, Jiangkou Xian, between Yuao and Jinding, Fanjing Mts., 1200 m, 30 Aug. 1986, fr. ( A, PE); Steward et al. 478, Lao Shan, Fan Ching Shan, 2000 m, 29 Sep. 1931, fr. ( E, K, P); Yu Pin-hua et al. 738, Bi Jie, 11 Sep. 1957 (PE). Guangxi, S. C. Chen 15501, Da Mua Shan, ster. (MO); C. Y. Chiao 1640, without precise locality (NJU); Z. S. Chung 83451, Tzu Yuen Dist., 28 July 1937, fr. ( A); Guangxi Plant Exped. 629, Xin An Xian, June 1953 (PE); Huang Zhi 39573, Xiang Xian, 27 June 1936 (PE); Tsoong Ji-xin 82006, She Xian, 18 Aug. 1937 (PE). Hunan, Cao Tie-ru 831158, Chen Pu Xian, 1400 m (NFU, NJTFC); Z. Y. Li et al. 60, Xinning, Ziyunshan, 1200 m, 5 Sep. 1984, fr. ( E); Sun Dian-yang 509, Xin ning, Zhi Yun Shan (NFU, NJTFC); P.T. Tan 62056, Ning Yaun, Yang Ming Shan, fr. (MO), 62764, same locality, 1650 m, fr. (MO); Xi Xian-yin et al. 257, Zhi Li Xian, 1983 (PE). Hubei, W. C. Cheng & C.T. Hwa 903, without precise locality, 1948, fr. ( K); W. Y. Chun 4060, Hsin Tientsze, 1750 m, 22 Aug. 1922, fr. ( A); Fu Guo-xun et al. 1365, En Shi Xian, 29 Aug. 1986 (PE); J. C. Hua 464, Lichuan, Mao Pa, 2750 m, 1948, bud ( K, MO, NFU, NJTFC); H.G. Li 10205, Ying Shan, Tao Hwa Cheng, 27 Oct. 1964, ster. (MO); Lin Wen-bao 453, Li Chuan, 22 June 1958 (PE); Y.M. Wang 1994, Chaun en, 1300 m, 17 Aug. 1981, fr. (MO); E.H. Wilson 1142, Changyang, June 1900, fl. ( E [2 sheets], K [2 sheets], P [2 sheets]). Anhui, Anhui Plant Exped. 428, Yao Xi Xian, 19 May 1959 (PE), 7386, Gui Chi, 26 July 1959 (PE); W. C. Cheng 3965, Wangshan, 16 Oct. 1933, fr. (P); R. C. Ching 2814, Tien-tai, Chu Hwa Shan, 1200 m, 8 June 1925, fr. ( E, K), 3218, Chang Gon Shan, W Wu Yuan, 750 m, 16 Aug. 1925, fr. ( E, K); C. S. Fan & Y. Y. Li 233, Chu Hwa Shan, 880 m, 15 Aug. 1934, fr. ( E, K); T.W. Wang s.n., Huang shan, 15, Sep. 1987 (PE). Zhejiang, H.Z. Biao 3948, Tong Lu, 700 m, 18 Sep. 1991, fr. (MO); S. Y. Chang 2925, Long Qian Xian, 1090 m, 30 June 1958, fr. (MO, PE), 5489, Rui An, 27 June 1959, fr. (MO, PE), 7604, Tien-Tai Tsi, 29 Apr. 1960, fl. (MO), 8506, Tai Chung, 15 July 1966, fr. (MO), 28708, Chang Hua, 26 May 1958, y.fr. (MO), 30102, Chung An, 22 Aug. 1958, fr. (MO); W. C. Cheng 2150, W Tien mu shan, 27 June 1932, fr. (P); W. C. Cheng et al. 4996, Tien Mu Shan, 17 Aug. 1924, fr. ( E, K); R. C. Ching 2315, Qing yuan, 900-1200 m, 7 Aug. 1924, fr. ( E, K); R. C. Ching 1488, Tien Tai Shan, 600-1200 m, 18 May 1924, fl. ( E), 2315, King Yuan, 900-1200 m, Aug.-Sep. 1924, y.fr. (P); Z.H. Ching 601, Tien Tai Shan, 10 Sep. 1956, fr. (MO); P. C. Dui 25803, Shu Chang, 1150 m, 3 May 1959, fl. (MO); He Xian-you 21976, 22359, Chang Hua (NFU), 27990, Tian Tai Shan, 11 Sep. 1957 (PE); Y. L. Keng 1063, Tien-tai Shan, 450 m, 11 Aug. 1927, fr. ( A); Plant Resources Exped. of Zhejiang 26128, Kai Hua, 28 May 1959, y.fr. (MO); Zhejiang Pl. Res. Exped. 29265, Tian Mu Shan, 29 Aug. 1959 (PE). Jiangxi, R.M. Hao 890168, Yi Feng, Huang-Gang Shan, 800 m, 4 May 1989, bud (MO); H.H. Hu 2365, Lu Shan, Aug. 1934 (PE); Jiangxi Plant Exped. 400, Wu Gong Shan, 1300 m, 10 May 1954 (PE), 1098, 8 Sep. 1954 (PE), 2399, Sui Chuan, Jing Gang Shan, 12 Sep. 1958 (PE); S. S. Lai et al. 509, Yi Feng, fr. (MO); Nei Ming-xiang et al. 3071, Li Chuan, 24 June 1958 (PE); Niu Min-liang 91350, Lushan, 800 m, 25 Aug. 1991, fr. (MO); P. C. Tsoong 431, Jun Feng shan (PE); K. Yao 11429, De-xin County, 900 m, June 1991, y.fr. (NY); C. S. Ye 2341, Ching An, 1200 m, 22 Aug. 1996, fr. (MO). Fujian, H. B. Chen 1605, Shang Hang, 1500 m, 11 Aug. 1987, fr. (MO [2 sheets]), 1633, same locality, 1550 m, 11 Aug. 1987, fr. (MO [2 sheets]); Lin lei-guan 7499, Shang Hang, 1300 m, 30 Aug. 1987 (PE); M. J. Wang 3272, Wu yi shan (PE); Wu Gong et al. 2435, Chong An, 1300 m, 2 May 1981, bud (MO). VIET NAM: Lao Cai Prov., Pételot 7955, Chapa, massif du Fan Si Pan, 2400 m, Aug. 1942, fr. (P [2 sheets]); Lowry et al. 4865, Fan Si Pan, 22°19’18’’N, 103°46’56’’E, 2300 m, 19 Apr. 1997, ster. (HN, MO, P), 4874, same locality, 22°19’04’’N, 103°46’48’’E, 2270 m, 19 Apr. 1997, ster. (HN, MO, P).