During the preparation of the account of the Crassulaceae for the Flora of
China, Volume 8, it was decided that Phedimus Rafinesque should be separate
d from Sedum L. It is therefore necessary to publish new combinations in Ph
edimus for three varieties and one species previously recognized in Sedum:
P. aizoon (L.) 't Hart var. latifolius (Maximowicz) H. Ohba, K. T. Fu & B.
M. Bartholomew, comb. nov., P. aizoon, var. scabrus (Maximowicz) H. Ohba, K
. T. Fu & B. M. Bartholomew, comb. nov., P. aizoon var. yamatutae (Kitagawa
) H. Ohba, K. T. Fu & B. M. Bartholomew, comb. nov., and T! hsinganicus (Y.
C. Chu ex T. N. Liou) H. Ohba, K. T. Fu & B. M. Bartholomew, comb. nov. On
e subgeneric name, Phedimus subg. Aizoon (L. K. A. Koch ex Schonland) H. Oh
ba & Turland, is validated; it was first proposed by 't Hart but with an er
roneous (and uncorrectable) basionym citation. The name Sedum aizoon. L. va
r. scabrum Maximowicz is lectotypified.