12b. Carpinus henryana var. oblongifolia (Hu) Rushforth

Plantsman 8: 249 ( Rushforth 1987). – C. turczaninovii var. oblongifolia Hu, Sunyatsenia 1 (2–3): 115 ( Hu 1933). – C. oblongifolia (Hu) Hu & W.C.Cheng, Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology n.s. 1: 146 ( Hu 1948a). – Type: China, Kiangsu [ Jiangsu], Poa-Hwa Shan, 450 m a.s.l., 23 Jul. 1925, A.N. Steward 1476 (holo-: PE00021938!). – Note: this taxon is considered as a distinct species in the Flora of China ( Li & Skvortsov 1999).

C. huana W.C.Cheng, Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Botanical Series 9: 68 ( Cheng 1933). – Type: China, Zhejiang, [Lin’an City, West Tianmushan], 21 Aug. 1924, W.C. Cheng 5161 (holo-: PE00021905!). – Additional type material: ibid., 15 Aug. 1931, K. Ling 3519 (para-: not localized). – Note: Carpinus huana is regarded as a synonym of C. hupeana in the Flora of China ( Li & Skvortsov 1999).

C. hupeana Hu, Sunyatsenia 1 (2–3): 118 ( Hu 1933). – Type: China, Hupeh, Liang Sung kou, 1250 m a.s.l., 9 Sep. 1922, W.Y. Chun et al. 4173 (holo-: PE00021898!). – Note: Carpinus hupeana is accepted as distinct species in Flora of China ( Li & Skvortsov 1999) with C. funiushanensis, C. huana and C. longipes as synonyms.

C. longipes Hu, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 9: 291 ( Hu 1964). – Type: China, Kiangsi [Jiangsi], Tasiping Shan, Shih-Cha-pu, 15 Jul. 1949, Y.K. Hsiung [ Hsi un Yao-Kuo, 熊耀国] 5305 (lecto-, designated by Lin et al. (2007: 1248): PE00021917!; isolecto-: PE00021915!, PE00021916!). – Note: Carpinus longipes is regarded as a synonym of a distinct C. hupeana in the Flora of China ( Li & Skvortsov 1999).

C. funiushanensis P.C.Kuo, Flora Tsinlingensis 1 (2): 601 (Instituto Botanico Boreali-occidentali Academiae Sinicae Edita 1974). – Type: China, Henan, 卢氏, 淇河北面山坡 [Lu-shih Hsien], 920 m a.s.l., 14 Sep. 1958, C.C. Fu [ J.Q. Fu, ¬̕秋] 656 (holo-: WUK0407353, WUK0114527; iso-: IBSC0367962, NAS00070304). – Note: Carpinus funiushanensis is regarded as a synonym of a distinct C. hupeana in the Flora of China ( Li & Skvortsov 1999). Kuo did not indicate a herbarium for the holotype. As the Flora Tsinlingensis is mainly based on material from WUK, the specimens there ought to be regarded as holo- and isotype respectively or as one holotype mounted on two sheets if indicated as one gathering. The specimens from other herbaria are considered as duplicates.