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 25. Rhaphiolepis major Cardot, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 380. 1918. ≡ Pyrus major (Cardot) M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 111. 2018. Type: China. Fujian: Wuyishan County, Kuantun (Guadun Village), April 1898, M. de Latouche s.n. (holotype: P [barcode P02143132]!; isotypes: A [barcode 00032547]!, K [barcode K000758196]!, P [barcode P02143133, P02143134]!) = Rhaphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. var. grandifolia Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 207. 1899. Type: not designated. Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang).