⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2609517, with some changes.

Abelia spathulata f. subtetrasepala (Makino) Nakai is a synonym of Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zucc.

This name is a synonym of Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zucc..

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 42: 55 1921.