Table 1.

Previous researchers' classifications of C. flavida.

First attributed species name	Chang, 1991; Chang and Ren, 1998	Ming and Bartholomew, 2007	Ye and Xue, 2013
C. flavida	C. flavida	C. flavida	–
C. longgangensis	C. flavida	C. flavida var. flavida	C. longgangensis
C. longgangensis var. grandis	C. grandis	C. flavida var. flavida	–
C. ptilosperma	C. grandis	C. flavida var. flavida	C. longgangensis
C. longruiensis	–	C. flavida var. flavida	C. longgangensis
C. longgangensis var. patens	–	C. flavida var. patens	C. quinqueloculosa
C. quinqueloculosa	C. aurea	C. flavida var. patens	C. quinqueloculosa
C. multipetala	–	C. flavida var. patens	C. quinqueloculosa
C. wumingensis	–	C. flavida var. patens	C. wumingensis

–, athe species has not been treated by the researcher.