I am trying to find "the" correct name for this Styrax sp., I have searched 4 (in my opinion) serious botanical web-sources:

1) www.ThePlantList.org

2) www.catalogueoflife.org

3) www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

4) www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2   (Flora of China)

They all agree, "Styrax japonicus" is only accepted spelling.

Then i try do do a searct in PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) for "Styrax japonicus" the result is "No documents match your search terms".

I then try to enter the search term, (that is not accepted by botanical sources) 

"Styrax japonica" and get 35 results.

Please could anyone explain

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