Ranunculus huainingensis and R. lujiangensis (Ranunculaceae), described from Anhui in China, are both synonymous with R. ternatus, a polymorphic eastern Asian species Author Fei, Wen-Qun 0000-0001-9942-2120 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China & Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China & feiwenqun @ scib. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9942 - 2120 feiwenqun@scib.ac.cn Author Yuan, Qiong 0000-0003-2613-5045 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China & Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China & yuanqiong @ scib. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2613 - 5045 yuanqiong@scib.ac.cn Author Yang, Qin-Er 0000-0002-6261-0731 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China & Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China & qeyang @ scib. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6261 - 0731 qeyang@scib.ac.cn text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-11-17 573 1 15 38 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.2 journal article 189455 10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.2 9273b87e-eab4-4fcb-bce5-1201044cb994 1179-3163 7329405

TABLE 1. Information of one population of Ranunculus huainingensis (= R. ternatus), one of R. lujiangensis (= R. ternatus), and four of R. ternatus, all observed in the wild. The petals in those indicated with an asterisk were observed by SEM.

Taxon	Voucher	Locality
R. huainingensis	W.Q. Fei & Q.E. Yang 201 (IBSC) *	China, Anhui, Huaining, Shijing Town, Denglin village
R. lujiangensis	W.Q. Fei & Q.E. Yang 204 (IBSC) *	China, Anhui, Lujiang, Tangchi Town
R. ternatus	W.Q. Fei & Q.E. Yang 191 (IBSC) *	China, Hunan, Xinning, Huilongsi Town, Ziyun Shan
	W.Q. Fei & H.M. Li 510 (IBSC)	China, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen
	W.Q. Fei & Q.E. Yang 198 (IBSC) *	China, Jiangxi, Jiujiang, Lianxi, Xiongjiamen
	W.Q. Fei & J.Y. Xu 511 (IBSC)	China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Hangzhou Botanical Garden