通过文献和标本考证,发现《中国植物志》第77卷第2分册和(Flora of China))20~21卷中均误将黑穗橐吾(Ligularia melanothyrsa Hand.-Mazz.)鉴定为植夫橐吾(L.fangiana Hand.-Mazz.),而真正的植夫橐吾应处理为川鄂橐吾[L.wilsoniana(Hemsl.)Greenm.]的异名。
Through literature and herbarium surveys, it was found that Ligularia melanothyrsa Hand.-Mazz. had been misidentified as L. fangiana Hand.-Mazz. in the Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 77(2) and in the Flora of China 20 - 21, and that L. fangiana should be placed in synonymy under L. wilsoniana (Hemsl.) Greenm.