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 17d. Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. var. spiralis (Blume) Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 65. 1924. ≡ Mespilus spiralis Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1102, 1826. Type: Indonesia. Java: C.L. Blume s.n. ( lectotype, designated here : L [barcode L0019710]!; isolectotypes: L [barcode L0019711, L0019712, L0019713]!, NY [barcode 00436082]!). [Note L] ≡ Rhaphiolepis spiralis (Blume) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 602. 1832. Type: Based on Mespilus spiralis . ≡ Crataegus spiralis (Blume) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 434. 1841. Type: Based on Mespilus spiralis . ≡ Opa spiralis (Blume) Seem., J. Bot. 1: 281. 1863. Type: Based on Mespilus spiralis . Distribution. Indonesia (Java). Note L. Blume (1826) described Mespilus spiralis in his book "Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië", noting that the original material on which it was based was collected from a plant introduced from China in Java. We found five sheets representing the duplicates from one collection, four of them from herbarium L and one of them from herbarium NY. It will be necessary for us to choose one of them as the lectotype. According to Stafleu and Cowan (1976) , Blume's original collections were deposited at L, second set at BO, and type mainly at L, but also at BO and P. One of the four duplicates deposited at L, therefore, will be a candidate for the lectotype. We designated the sheet (L0019710) in a better condition as the lectotype.