Vasilis Teodoridis:
Celastraceae | Celastrus
21. Celastrus stylosus Wallich in Roxburgh; Fl. Ind. 2: 401. 1824.
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Twining shrubs; 3-5 m tall; branchlets generally glabrous; rarely setaceous; winter buds small; ovate-globose; ca. 2 mm wide. Petiole 1-1.8 cm; leaf blade rectangular-elliptic; rarely rectangular-obovate; 6.5-12.5 x 3-6.5 cm; abaxially pubescent along veins; glabrous later; adaxially slightly green or light brown when dry; often membranous during flowering and leathery in fruit; base cuneate; widely cuneate to obtuse-orbicular; margin obtusely serrate; apex shortly acuminate to acute; secondary veins (4 or)5-7 pairs. Cymes axillary and lateral; 3-7-flowered; rachis 7-20 mm; pedicels 5-7 mm; with very short yellowish white setae; jointed below middle. Sepals subovate or subelliptic; 1-2 mm; margin slightly erose; petals rectangular-obovate; 3.5-4 x ca. 2 mm; margin erose. Disk shallowly cupuliform; lobe semicircular or approximately obtuse-triangular. Stamens slightly shorter than corolla; filament glabrous or papillate proximally; staminodes in female flowers ca. 1 mm. Pistils ampullaceous; ca. 3 mm; degenerate in male flowers; stigma revolute. Capsule globose; 6.5-8 mm wide; fructiferous stipe and fruit stipe glabrous; often with elliptic lenticels. Seeds adaxially flat; slightly crescentiform; 4.5-5.5 x 1.5-2 mm. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Aug-Oct.
Forests; mountain slopes; 300-2500 m. Anhui; Chongqing; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; N Thailand].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Celastraceae | Celastrus
21. Celastrus stylosus Wallich in Roxburgh; Fl. Ind. 2: 401. 1824.
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Twining shrubs; 3-5 m tall; branchlets generally glabrous; rarely setaceous; winter buds small; ovate-globose; ca. 2 mm wide. Petiole 1-1.8 cm; leaf blade rectangular-elliptic; rarely rectangular-obovate; 6.5-12.5 x 3-6.5 cm; abaxially pubescent along veins; glabrous later; adaxially slightly green or light brown when dry; often membranous during flowering and leathery in fruit; base cuneate; widely cuneate to obtuse-orbicular; margin obtusely serrate; apex shortly acuminate to acute; secondary veins (4 or)5-7 pairs. Cymes axillary and lateral; 3-7-flowered; rachis 7-20 mm; pedicels 5-7 mm; with very short yellowish white setae; jointed below middle. Sepals subovate or subelliptic; 1-2 mm; margin slightly erose; petals rectangular-obovate; 3.5-4 x ca. 2 mm; margin erose. Disk shallowly cupuliform; lobe semicircular or approximately obtuse-triangular. Stamens slightly shorter than corolla; filament glabrous or papillate proximally; staminodes in female flowers ca. 1 mm. Pistils ampullaceous; ca. 3 mm; degenerate in male flowers; stigma revolute. Capsule globose; 6.5-8 mm wide; fructiferous stipe and fruit stipe glabrous; often with elliptic lenticels. Seeds adaxially flat; slightly crescentiform; 4.5-5.5 x 1.5-2 mm. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Aug-Oct.
Forests; mountain slopes; 300-2500 m. Anhui; Chongqing; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; N Thailand].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Castanopsis
54. Castanopsis lamontii Hance; J. Bot. 13: 368. 1875.
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Castanopsis goniacantha A. Camus; C. lamontii var. shanghangensis Q. F. Zheng; C. pachyrachis Hickel & A. Camus; C. robustispina Hu.
Trees 8-15(-25) m tall; branches; leaf blades; and rachis of inflorescences glabrous. Petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade elliptic; ovate; or oblong; 12-30 x 4-10 cm; thickly papery to subleathery; base rounded to acute and oblique; margin entire or sometimes apically with few shallow teeth; apex acuminate; midvein adaxially flat; secondary veins 10-15 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescences axillary; borne above male catkins; flowers 3(-7) per cupule. Infructescences 10-20 cm; rachis thick; base 6-10 mm thick. Cupule globose; subglobose; or ovoid; 2.5-6 cm in diam.; wall 1.5-7 mm thick; bracts spinelike; thick; ca. 1.5 cm; connate into bundles with a deer-hornlike pattern; or base connate and united to 4-6-cristate rings. Nuts 2 or 3 per cupule; broadly conical; (1.5-)2-2.8 (-4.8) x (1.5-)3(-3.8) cm; densely pubescent; scar covering 2/5-1/2 of nut. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Sep-Nov of following year.
Montane and broad-leaved evergreen forests; 500-2500 m. S Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; S Guizhou; S Hunan; S Jiangxi; SE Yunnan [N Vietnam]
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Castanopsis
54. Castanopsis lamontii Hance; J. Bot. 13: 368. 1875.
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Castanopsis goniacantha A. Camus; C. lamontii var. shanghangensis Q. F. Zheng; C. pachyrachis Hickel & A. Camus; C. robustispina Hu.
Trees 8-15(-25) m tall; branches; leaf blades; and rachis of inflorescences glabrous. Petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade elliptic; ovate; or oblong; 12-30 x 4-10 cm; thickly papery to subleathery; base rounded to acute and oblique; margin entire or sometimes apically with few shallow teeth; apex acuminate; midvein adaxially flat; secondary veins 10-15 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescences axillary; borne above male catkins; flowers 3(-7) per cupule. Infructescences 10-20 cm; rachis thick; base 6-10 mm thick. Cupule globose; subglobose; or ovoid; 2.5-6 cm in diam.; wall 1.5-7 mm thick; bracts spinelike; thick; ca. 1.5 cm; connate into bundles with a deer-hornlike pattern; or base connate and united to 4-6-cristate rings. Nuts 2 or 3 per cupule; broadly conical; (1.5-)2-2.8 (-4.8) x (1.5-)3(-3.8) cm; densely pubescent; scar covering 2/5-1/2 of nut. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Sep-Nov of following year.
Montane and broad-leaved evergreen forests; 500-2500 m. S Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; S Guizhou; S Hunan; S Jiangxi; SE Yunnan [N Vietnam]