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Re: Mysteries

Tim,

I did a bit of digging in Kew's Index Kewensis CD-ROM database (it 
includes almost all published seed plant names). I also looked in 
our Missouri Botanical Garden TROPICOS database 
(http://mobot.mobot.org/Pick/Search/pick.html). Here's some information on 
all three plants:

The name Temu divaricatum (note the spelling) is most probably a synonym 
of Myrciaria dubia, a species of the family Myrtaceae from S. America, not 
Australasia.

Santolina magonica is a synonym of S. chamaecyparissus subsp. 
magonica or S. chamaecyparissus var. magonica. Take your pick which rank 
you recognize it at. From the information I have to hand it seems to grow 
in southern Europe.

Acanthopanax ricinifolium is now regarded as a synonym of Kalopanax 
septemlobus var. septemlobus, native to China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. 
Var. magnificus grows in China and Japan.

Hope this helps a bit,  Nick.

Nick Turland
Flora of China Project, Missouri Botanical Garden, 
P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
Email: nturland@lehmann.mobot.org
Tel.: +1 314 577 0269  Fax: +1 314 577 9438
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