英文摘要 |
The genus Prinsepia was founded by Royle about 125 years ago. Since that time there was, apparently, no attempt made of taxonomic revision of the genus as a whole, although being initially a monotypic group it comprises by now four species. In this connection it seems to be advisable to shed more light on the taxonomy of the genus and this paper is to be consider ed as an introduction to such work. The first species of Prinsepia, P. utilis was described by Royle in 1839. In 1886 Oliver established the genus Plagiospermum with a single species, P. sinense, from Manchuria. In the absence of fruits Oliver felt some doubt regarding the affinity of his new genus and tentatively placed it in Celastreaceae. |