The valid publication of the names Salix wangiana and S. wangiana var. tibetica (Salicaceae)

Abstract

Recently, He et al. (2015) discussed the nomenclatural problems on the names Salix wangiana K.S. Hao (1936: 81) and S. wangiana var. tibetica C. Wang & C.F. Fang (1979: 103). They concluded that the name S. wangiana was validated by Fang & Skvortsov (1998: 469) and is a synonym of S. rhododendroides C. Wang & C.Y. Yu in Anonymous (1974: 598), and S. wangiana var. tibetica is an invalidly published name and the name S. zangica var. tibetica C. Wang & C.F. Fang ex Chao (1985: 7) is validly published for the variety. However, it was missed that the names S. wangiana and S. wangiana var. tibetica have already been validly published by Chow et al. (1984).