Dong Chan Son

Validation of the name Anemone pendulisepala (Ranunculaceae)

Anemone pendulisepala Lee (2003: 2), a species endemic to Korea, has been widely recognized in taxonomic literature (e.g. Lee 2006, Lee et al. 2006, 2012, Oh et al. 2016). However, its name was not validly published by Lee (2003), because, contrary to Art. 40.7 of ICN (McNeill et al. 2012), he did not indicate the herbarium in which the type was conserved.

Semiaquilegia quelpaertensis (Ranunculaceae), a new species from the Republic of Korea

Abstract Semiaquilegia quelpaertensis sp. nov., a new species belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, from Hallasan National Park in Jeju-do, Republic of Korea, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Semiaquilegia adoxoides (DC.) Makino, but can be readily distinguished by a thick underground stem, shallowly lobed leaflets, larger flowers, (4–)6 staminodes and conspicuously rugose tuberculate seed surface.