Taxonomic Review of Aconitum kaimaense Uyeki & Sakata (Ranunculaceae) and Distribution Report in South Korea

  • Jung Sim Lee (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum) ;
  • Hye-Won Kim (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum) ;
  • Dong-Kap Kim (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
  • Published : 2020.08.14

Abstract

Aconitum kaimaense Uyeki & Sakata was first collected by Uyeki & Sakata at Bujeon Plateau in Hamgyongnam-do and reported as a new species and recorded in Enumeration of Korean Plants (Pak, 1949). A. kaimaense was taxonomically treated under the name of Aconitum jaluense Kom in A Revision of Aconitun Subgenus Aconitum (Ranunculaceae) of East asia. (Kadota, 1987), and it was also treated as synonym in Korea(1996, 2007, 2011). A. kaimaense has erect or apically slightly curved stem, dense corymb inflorescence, pubescent pedicels, yellowish white sepals and carpels 5(or 4) pubescent. In this study, to investigate the taxonomic location of A. kaimaense, we conducted literature observation, sample observations in KYO, TNS, KH, SNU, SKK, and field research in Korea. The distribution in Hongcheon, Pyeongchang, Jeongseon, and Yangyang of Gangwon-do was confimed.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 한반도 특산식물의 종분화 및 기원연구 사업(사업번호: KNA1-1-13, 14-1)의 지원에 의해 이루어진 결과로 이에 감사드립니다.