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This name is a synonym of Salix japonica .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 15: 416 1940.
This name record (from WCSP (in review)) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Salix japonica in version 1 of The Plant List.