A study of morphological characters of Paconia veitchii Lynch, based on ove
r 180 specimens, reveals that the following new combination is necessary: P
. anomala L. subsp. veitchii (Lynch) D. Y. Hong & K. Y. Pan, comb. et stat.
nov. The name is also lectotypified. Three previously recognized varieties
of P. veitchii are here reduced to synonymy for the first time: P. veitchi
i var. leiocarpa Vv T. Wang & S. H. Wang ex K. Y. Pan, P. veitchii var. uni
flora K. Y. Pan, and P. woodwardii Stern & Cox.