JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2018, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (03): 204-206.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.201711026

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Textual research and taxonomic treatment of the name Cercis gigantea Cheng et Keng f.

XIANG Min1, DUAN Yifan2, XIANG Qibai2   

  1. 1. Nanjing Forest Police College,Nanjing 210023, China; 2. International Cultivar Registration Center for Osmanthus, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Online:2018-06-06 Published:2018-06-06

Abstract: Abstract: 【Objective】 As an important landscape plant, the classification status of Cercis gigantea is still not known, this study intends to clarify this status. 【Methods】This study adopts the methods of classification history carding, field investigation, and morphology comparison observation. 【Results】 The name C. gigantea is invalid because of its unconformity to the plant code. 【Conclusion】Cercis gigantea is suggested to merge into C. glabra.

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