Notes on Gymnosperms I. Taxonomic Treatments of Some Chinese Conifers

A new species, Taxusfuana Nan Li & R. R. Mill, and two new varieties, Abies ferreana Bordbres & Gaussen var. longibracteata L. K. Fu & Nan Li and Pinus kwangtungensis Chun ex Tsiang var. varifolia Nan Li & Y. C. Zhong, are described. Thirteen new combinations are proposed in the genera Abies, Keteleeria, Larix, Picea, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Tsuga, Cephalotaxus, and Taxus. During the revision of gymnosperms for the Flora of China, and as a result of the examination of types and other specimens in some of the major herbaria in Europe and the United States, the following taxonomic novelties are proposed. Abies ferreana Bordbres & Gaussen var. longibracteata L. K. Fu & Nan Li, var. nov. TYPE: China. NW Yunnan: high mountainous belts, ca. 3950 m, Zhongdian Expedition 1980 (holotype, PE). A var. ferreana recedit strobilorum bracteis exsertis, non recurvatis, apice attenuatis. The new taxon is readily distinguished from variety ferreana by having distinctly exserted, acuminate bract scales that are lanceolate at the apex and neither reflexed nor recurved. In contrast, varietyferreana has usually reflexed or recurved bract scales that are rounded at the apex with an acute