Cornus wardiana Rushforth & Wahlsteen (2021)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Chamaepericlymenum wardii Kingdon-Ward (1960) [nomen nudum]
Conservation Status
Last record: 20 November 1937 (Wahlsteen et al., 2021)
Rediscovered in 2016 (Wahlsteen et al., 2021)
Distribution
Kachin, northern Myanmar (=Burma)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wahlsteen, Eric, Zhou, Wenbin, Xiang, Qiuyun (Jenny) and Rushforth, Keith. (2021). Rediscovery of the lost little dogwood Cornus wardiana (Cornaceae) - its phylogenetic and morphological distinction and implication in the origin of the Arctic-Sino-Himalayan disjunction. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(2): 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12576
Other references:
Eyde, R. H. and Ferguson, K. (1989). The little lost dogwood of Frank Kingdon Ward. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 6: 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.1989.tb00639.x
Kingdon-Ward, Frank. (1960). Pilgrimage for plants. London: G.G. Harrap.
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