J. Jpn. Bot. 92(4): 245–247 (2017) a, b Hideaki OHBA * and Shinobu AKIYAMA : Notes on the Genus Hortensia (Hydrangeaceae) aDepartment of Botany, the University Museum, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033 JAPAN; bDepartment of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1, Amakubo, Tsukuba, 305-0005 JAPAN *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Summary: New combinations of Hortensia, (2) Treatment of Hydrangea yayeyamensis Hortensia hirta f. albiflora and f. laminalis, Koidz. and H. formosana Koidz. and Hortensia chinensis var. yayeyamensis Hydrangea yayeyamensis and H. formosana are proposed. Hortensia formosana Koidz. is were simultaneously published by Koidzumi lectotypified here. (1929). In the protologue of H. yayeyamensis Koidzumi (1929) wrote “Hab. Loochoo: insula The authors published the generic segregation Yayeyama. Formosa: prope Tamsuy (Oldham of some sections and subsections of the genus no. 110. pro parte in ann[sic] 1864.) Herb. Kew.” Hydrangea sensu De Smet et al. (2015) (Ohba Though McClintock (1957) wrote that Oldham and Akiyama 2016). Some additional new 110 (“pro parte”) is the only specimen cited of combinations need to be published. H. yayeyamensis, Koidzumi cited also “Loochoo: insula Yayeyama.” “Loochoo: insula Yayeyama” (1) New combinations of forms of Hortensia is recognized as a citation of a specimen. hirta Masamune (1958) recognized plants in Yaeyama Hortensia hirta (Thunb.) H. Ohba & S. islands to be distinguished from those in Taiwan Akiyama in J. Jpn. Bot. 91: 348 (2016). and made a new combination, H. chinensis f. f. albiflora (Honda) H. Ohba & S. Akiyama, yayeyamensis (Koidz.) Masam. It is considered comb.