A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae) Author Liu, Bin-Bin State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China & Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0297-7531 Author Wang, Yu-Bing Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA Author Hong, De-Yuan State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Author Wen, Jun Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA wenj@si.edu text PhytoKeys 2020 154 19 55 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.52790 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.154.52790 1314-2003-154-19 038823CB84C75FBE8AB28F6028C06FDA 12b. Rhaphiolepis ferruginea F.P.Metcalf var. serrata F.P.Metcalf, Lingnan Sci. J. 18: 511. 1939, " Raphiolepis". Type. China. Guangdong: Lung-tau Mt., near Iu Village, May 22-July 5, 1924, To & Tsang 12546 ( lectotype, designated here : A [barcode 00032518]!; isolectotype: A [barcode 00032517, 00032519]!). [Note F] Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi). Note F. To & Tsang 12546 was designated as the type in the protologue. We located three specimens in herbarium A, therefore, they are syntypes. A subsequent lectotypification is necessary. We designated the sheet (A00032518) in a better condition as the lectotype herein.