Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
Theaceae | Eurya
58. Eurya rubiginosa Hung T. Chang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3: 45. 1954.
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Shrubs 2.5-3.5 m tall. Older branches grayish white; young branches grayish brown; 2-ribbed; current year branchlets yellowish green; 2-ribbed; glabrous; terminal buds glabrous. Petiole ca. 2 mm or less; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to sometimes oblong-lanceolate; 6-12 x 1.5-4 cm; leathery; abaxially reddish brown when dry; adaxially dark green; both surfaces glabrous; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially slightly impressed; secondary veins 13-15 on each side of midvein and slightly raised on both surfaces; base cuneate; broadly cuneate; rounded; or rarely subcordate; apex acute to shortly acuminate and with an obtuse tip; margin closely serrulate and revolute. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 3 in a cluster. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles ovate to ovate-orbicular; ca. 0.5 mm; apex acute to subrounded and mucronate; sepals suborbicular; ca. 2 mm; subleathery; outside pubescent or glabrous; apex rounded and retuse; petals obovate; 3-4 mm; stamens ca. 15; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals similar to those of male flowers but slightly smaller; petals oblong-lanceolate; ca. 3 mm; ovary ovoid; glabrous; 3-loculed; style 1-1.5 mm; apically 3-parted to almost distinct. Fruit purplish black when mature; globose to ovoid; ca. 4 mm. Fl. Oct-Nov; fr. Apr-Aug.
? Forests; thickets; 400-800 m. S Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; S Hunan; S Jiangsu; Jiangxi; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.
58b. Eurya rubiginosa var. attenuata Hung T. Chang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3: 46. 1954.
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Eurya nitida Korthals var. rigida Hung T. Chang.
Petiole ca. 2 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate; 6-8 x 1.5-2.2 cm; base cuneate to broadly cuneate. Sepals outside glabrous. Style apically 3-parted to almost distinct. Fl. Oct-Nov; fr. May-Aug.
? Forests; thickets; 400-800 m. S Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; S Hunan; S Jiangsu; Jiangxi; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
46. Eurya nitida Korthals; Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt. Bot. 115. 1841.
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Eurya aurescens (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Handel-Mazzetti; E. hayatae Yamamoto; E. japonica Thunberg var. aurescens Rehder & E. H. Wilson; E. japonica var. nitida (Korthals) Dyer; E. japonica var. thunbergii Thwaites; E. nitida var. aurescens (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Kobuski; E. nitida var. nanjenshanensis F. C. Hsieh et al.; Rapanea aurea H. Léveillé; p.p. as to Cavalerie 841.
Shrubs or trees; 2-5 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets yellowish green; slender; 2-ribbed; glabrous; terminal buds to 1 cm; glabrous. Petiole 2-5 mm; glabrous; leaf blade elliptic; oblong-elliptic; or obovate-oblong; (3-)4-6(-7) x 1.5-2.5 cm; thinly leathery to leathery; abaxially pale green to yellowish green; adaxially dark green and shiny; both surfaces glabrous; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially slightly impressed; secondary veins 9-12 on each side of midvein; abaxially slightly visible; and adaxially obscure; base cuneate to rounded; margin closely serrulate; crenulate; or subentire; apex obtuse; acute; or shortly acuminate and sometimes with an emarginate tip. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 4 in a cluster. Pedicel 2-3 mm; slender; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles suborbicular; ca. 1 mm; glabrous; sepals suborbicular to ovate; 1.5-2.5 mm; submembranous; glabrous; apex rounded; petals obovate; 3.5-4 mm; stamens 14-20; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals similar to those of male flowers; petals oblong; 2-2.5 mm; ovary ovoid; glabrous; 3-loculed; style 1.5-3 mm; apically 3-lobed. Fruit bluish black when mature; globose; 3-4 mm in diam. Seeds brown; reniform to globose-reniform; shiny. Fl. Nov-Jan; fr. Jul-Sep.
Forests; thickets; 500-1500(-2600) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Henan; W Hubei; S and SW Hunan; S Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; S Zhejiang [Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam].