⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2609509, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Abelia spathulata .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: J. Jap. Bot. 67: 243 1992.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:965881-1
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