Parnassia yunnanensis had been previously described based on mixed specimens containing materials partially belonging to Parnassia cacuminum, which makes the application of Parnassia yunnanensis ambiguous. Therefore, we lectotypified Parnassia yunnanensis and meanwhile synonymized Parnassia lanceolata var. oblongipetala under it. Parnassia yunnanensis var. longistipitata was found more similar ...

Voria pollyclari (Rocha-e-Silva, Lopes & Della Lucia, 1999) is moved to Paedarium Aldrich, 1926 and simultaneously synonymized under subauratum (Blanchard, 1943): pollyclari, comb. nov., syn. nov.