Vasilis Teodoridis:
Styracaceae | Alniphyllum
1. Alniphyllum fortunei (Hemsley) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 20: 93. 1906.
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Halesia fortunei Hemsley; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 26: 75. 1889; Alniphyllum buddleiifolium Hu & Cheng; A. fauriei Perkins; A. hainanense Hayata; A. macranthum Perkins; A. megaphyllum Hemsley & E. H. Wilson.
Trees to 20 m tall. Trunk straight; bark gray-brown. Branchlets brownish stellate pubescent. Petiole 1--2 cm; leaf blade; elliptic; broadly elliptic; or obovate-elliptic; 5--15(--20) X 4--7(--11) cm; papery; sparsely to densely brown stellate pubescent to tomentose; abaxially sometimes glabrescent; base broadly cuneate to cuneate; margin remotely serrate; apex acute to acuminate; secondary veins 7--12 pairs; tertiary veins reticulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary; racemes or panicles; 10--20-flowered; 8--15(--20) cm. Pedicel 4--8 mm. Flowers 1.5--2 cm. Calyx 4--5 mm; densely gray stellate pubescent; teeth ovate-lanceolate. Corolla lobes elliptic; 10--15 X 5--7 mm. Filament tube ca. 8 mm; anthers 3 mm. Style 1.5--1.8 cm; villose. Fruit oblong to ellipsoid; 1--1.8(--2.5) X 0.6--1(--1.2) cm; sparsely white stellate pubescent or glabrous. Seeds 5--7 mm. Fl. Apr-Jul; fr. Aug-Oct.
Mixed slopes on slopes; 200--2200 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [India; Laos; Myanmar; Vietnam].