蓪梗花 tong geng hua

Abelia engleriana (Graebner) Rehder; A. longituba Rehder; A. mairei H. Léveillé; A. myrtilloides Rehder; A. parvifolia Hemsley; A. schischkinii Golubkova; A. schumannii (Graebner) Rehder; A. tereticalyx (Graebner & Buchwald) Rehder; A. verticillata H. Léveillé; Linnaea engleriana Graebner; L. koehneana Graebner; L. parvifolia (Hemsley) Graebner; L. schumannii Graebner; L. tereticalyx Graebner & Buchwald; Strobilanthes hypericifolia H. Léveillé.

For description see under species complex. Distinguishing characters for this species are as follows: Leaves shortly acuminate. Sepals with rounded apex. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.

● Thickets, forests; 200-2000 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

The holotype of Abelia uniflora is held in Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) and the name was validly published by R. Brown within the description of Zabelia triflora.