Rhodoleia championii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Rhodoleia championii Hook., Bot. Mag. 76: t. 4509 (1850), as 'Championi'

Heterotypic
- Rhodoleia ovalifolia Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 75: 33 (1917); not accepted by Turner (1995) [cited as R. championii]
  - Syntypes:
    - [L. Wray &] H.C. Robinson (K {K000501080^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K000501081^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}} [numbered as 5506, dated 10 July 1905]; Iso[syn]type: SING [SING0067389^(JSTOR), numbered as 5482, dated 7 July 1905]).
    - H.N. Ridley [16028] ([July 1911]; K [K000501089^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], SING [SING0234531^(JSTOR)]).
  - Type locality: [Malaysia.] Pahang: Gunong Tahan.
Rhodoleia formosa Champ. ex Hance, Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walp.) 3(5): 842 (1852)
Rhodoleia teysmannii Miq., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 6: 123 (1857); not accepted by Turner (1995) [cited as R. championii]
Rhodoleia subcordata Exell, Sunyatsenia 1: 101 (1933)
Rhodoleia latiovatifolia G.A.Fu, Guihaia 11(3): 208–209 (1991); not accepted by Zhang et al. (2003) [cited as R. championii]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Guizhou) [fide Zhang et al. (2003)], Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong) [fide Zhang et al. (2003)].
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Laos, Myanmar [fide IUCN (1998) et Zhang et al. (2003), but see Notes], Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), Sumatera.

Zhang et al. (2003) warn that records of this species from outside China must be treated carefully as collectors have noted on similarity of its foliage to that of Rhododendron.
Lao occurrence is represented by M.F. Newman [et al.] LAO 1431 (collected in Khammouane province; deposited at E [E00416074^(GBIF)]).

Hooker, W.J. 1850. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXVI [= Vol. VI of the third series.] pp. 4486–4553. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 76: t. 4509.

Ridley, H.N. 1917. New and Rare Malayan Plants. Series IX. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 75: 5–38. BHL Reference page.
Turner, I.M. 1995. A Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1–346. BHL. Reference page. [see page 266]
Lê, T.C. 2003. Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam, Vol. 2. 1203 pp. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp. (Vietnamese)
Zhang, Z.-Y., Zhang, H.-d. & Endress, P.K. 2003. Rhodoleia championii. Pp. in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 9: Pittosporaceae through Connaraceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-14-8. efloras Reference page.
Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. 2007. A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR. 394 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-906129-04-0. PDF. Reference page. [see page 163]

IUCN: Rhodoleia championii Hook. (Least Concern) - Last assessed by World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1998.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhodoleia championii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
Hassler, M. 2021. Rhodoleia championii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. October. Rhodoleia championii. Published online. Accessed: 7 October.
Tropicos.org 2021. Rhodoleia championii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 October 2021.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhodoleia championii. Accessed: 2023 November 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhodoleia championii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 24. Reference page.

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