Taxonomy of Epimedium(Berberidaceae)with special reference to Chinese species  

作　　者：Yanjun Zhang Jianqiang Li Ying Wang Qiong Liang 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture,Wuhan Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Wuhan 430074,China [2]Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Botanical Garden and Public Science,South China Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Guangzhou 510650,China

出　　处：《Chinese Herbal Medicines》2022年第1期20-35,共16页中草药（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32071675,31670346);Biological Resources Programme,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-007-16);the Application Foundation Frontier Project of Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau (2019020701011435);the National Science and Technology Infrastructure program of China-compilation of Ex Situ Cultivated Flora of Botanical Garden (2015FY210100);the Key Scientific Research Talents Project of Wuhan Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y855281A05);Key Area R&D Project of Guangdong Province (2020B020221001);Guangdong Provincial Special Fund For Modern Agriculture Industry Technology Innovation Teams,China (2020KJ148)

摘　　要：Epimedii Herba is a commonly used traditional Chinese herbal medicine.Five Epimedium species are included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia and most species of Epimedium are used as Epimedii Herba in practical application.However,as the largest herbaceous genus of the Berberidaceae,Epimedium has many taxonomic controversies which hinder the effective use of Epimedii Herba.This paper reviewed the taxonomic research related to Epimedium,including taxonomic history,taxonomic values of morphological characters,species and distribution,infra-genera taxonomic system and the taxonomic research of Chinese Epimedium.For instance,we recognized Epimedium wushanense and clarified that the species,as described in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae and Flora of China,actually includes four Epimedium species similar in leaflet shape.In general,it was recognized here that Epimedium comprises 62 species,of which 52 species are distributed in China.For Chinese Epimedium species with the most taxonomic problems,the taxonomic research on the taxa was reviewed and the newest species key was proposed along with proposals for those taxonomic problems needing further resolution.This review is of great implication for the identification,exploration and utilization of Epimedii Herba.

关 键 词：Chinese taxon Epimedium L. TAXONOMY Review 

分 类 号：R282.71[医药卫生—中药学]