Revision of Amana yunjuensis (Liliaceae) based on morphological and molecular evidence: synonym of Amana anhuiensis
Based on the integrated morphological and molecular evidence, <i>Amana yunjuensis</i>, originally described from Mt. Yunju in Jiangxi province, is demonstrated not essentially different from <i>A. anhuiensis</i>. Indistinguishable diagnostic characters, nested phylogenomic relationships, and no genetic distinctiveness of population genomic structure all indicate that <i>A. yunjuensis</i> does not represent an independent evolutionary lineage. Accordingly, <i>A. yunjuensis</i> should be treated as a taxonomic synonymy of <i>A. anhuiensis</i>.
Authors
- Meizhen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-465X)
- Shenlu Zhang
- Liang Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-6331)
- Pan Li
- Qing Ma
Institutions
- University of Kinshasa (CD)
- Zhejiang Shuren University (CN)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (CN)
- Motu Economic and Public Policy Research (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PhytoKeys
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.269.181258
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Zhejiang Shuren University