⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-6001033, with some changes.

Zabelia buddleioides var. divergens (W.W. Sm.) Golubkova is a synonym of Abelia buddleioides W.W.Sm.

This name is a synonym of Abelia buddleioides W.W.Sm..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 6001033) with original publication details: Novosti Sist. Vyss. Rast. 9: 259 259 1972.