Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
147. Ilex pubescens Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 176. 1833.
??? mao dong qing
Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 3-8 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown; somewhat zigzag; subquadrangular; densely hirsute or villous; longitudinally ridged and rugose; leaf scars slightly raised; nearly crescent-shaped; lenticels absent; terminal buds often poorly developed or absent. Stipules persistent; deltoid; hirsute; apically acute; petiole 2.5-5 mm; densely hirsute; leaf blade olivaceous or deep olivaceous when dry; elliptic; oblong; obovate; or narrowly ovate; 2-6(-10) x 1-2.5(-7) cm; thickly papery; papery; or membranous; both surfaces hirsute; midvein flattened or slightly impressed adaxially; densely hirsute; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; evident abaxially; obscure adaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces; base obtuse; margin sparsely and sharply serrulate or subentire; apex acute or shortly acuminate; or abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; fasciculate or pseudopaniculate; axillary on first to second year’s branchlets; densely hirsute. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1- or 3-flowered; pedicels 1.5-2 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; peduncles when present 1-1.5 mm; flowers pink or white; 4- or 6-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2 mm in diam.; hirsute; deeply 5- or 6-lobed; lobes ovate-deltoid; ciliate; corolla rotate; 4-5 mm in diam.; petals 4-6; ovate-oblong or obovate; ca. 2 mm; basally slightly connate; apex rounded; stamens ca. 3/4 as long as petals; anthers oblong; rudimentary ovary pulvinate; rostellate. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 1(or 2); 1(-3)-flowered; pedicels 2-3 mm; with basal bracteoles; flowers 5-8-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; (5 or)6- or 7-lobed; hirsute; apex acute; corolla rotate; petals 5-8; oblong; ca. 2 mm; apex rounded; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals; sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 1.5 mm; ca. 1.3 mm in diam.; glabrous; styles evident; stigma capitate or thickly discoid. Fruit red; globose; 3-4 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel ca. 4 mm; densely hirsute; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 3 mm in diam.; 5-lobed; lobes ovate; hirsute; persistent style evident; stigma thickly discoid or capitate; pyrenes (5 or)6(or 7); ellipsoidal; (2.3-)3 mm; (0.8-)1 mm in diam.; pointed at both ends; abaxially longitudinally and broadly sulcate or not; 3-striate; laterally smooth; endocarp leathery or subwoody. Fl. Apr-May(-Jun); fr. Aug-Nov. 2n = 40*.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; forest margins; shrubby areas; streamsides; roadsides; (sea level to)100-1000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
147. Ilex pubescens Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 176. 1833.
??? mao dong qing
Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 3-8 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown; somewhat zigzag; subquadrangular; densely hirsute or villous; longitudinally ridged and rugose; leaf scars slightly raised; nearly crescent-shaped; lenticels absent; terminal buds often poorly developed or absent. Stipules persistent; deltoid; hirsute; apically acute; petiole 2.5-5 mm; densely hirsute; leaf blade olivaceous or deep olivaceous when dry; elliptic; oblong; obovate; or narrowly ovate; 2-6(-10) x 1-2.5(-7) cm; thickly papery; papery; or membranous; both surfaces hirsute; midvein flattened or slightly impressed adaxially; densely hirsute; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; evident abaxially; obscure adaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces; base obtuse; margin sparsely and sharply serrulate or subentire; apex acute or shortly acuminate; or abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; fasciculate or pseudopaniculate; axillary on first to second year’s branchlets; densely hirsute. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1- or 3-flowered; pedicels 1.5-2 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; peduncles when present 1-1.5 mm; flowers pink or white; 4- or 6-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2 mm in diam.; hirsute; deeply 5- or 6-lobed; lobes ovate-deltoid; ciliate; corolla rotate; 4-5 mm in diam.; petals 4-6; ovate-oblong or obovate; ca. 2 mm; basally slightly connate; apex rounded; stamens ca. 3/4 as long as petals; anthers oblong; rudimentary ovary pulvinate; rostellate. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 1(or 2); 1(-3)-flowered; pedicels 2-3 mm; with basal bracteoles; flowers 5-8-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; (5 or)6- or 7-lobed; hirsute; apex acute; corolla rotate; petals 5-8; oblong; ca. 2 mm; apex rounded; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals; sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 1.5 mm; ca. 1.3 mm in diam.; glabrous; styles evident; stigma capitate or thickly discoid. Fruit red; globose; 3-4 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel ca. 4 mm; densely hirsute; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 3 mm in diam.; 5-lobed; lobes ovate; hirsute; persistent style evident; stigma thickly discoid or capitate; pyrenes (5 or)6(or 7); ellipsoidal; (2.3-)3 mm; (0.8-)1 mm in diam.; pointed at both ends; abaxially longitudinally and broadly sulcate or not; 3-striate; laterally smooth; endocarp leathery or subwoody. Fl. Apr-May(-Jun); fr. Aug-Nov. 2n = 40*.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; forest margins; shrubby areas; streamsides; roadsides; (sea level to)100-1000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
147. Ilex pubescens Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 176. 1833.
??? mao dong qing
Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 3-8 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown; somewhat zigzag; subquadrangular; densely hirsute or villous; longitudinally ridged and rugose; leaf scars slightly raised; nearly crescent-shaped; lenticels absent; terminal buds often poorly developed or absent. Stipules persistent; deltoid; hirsute; apically acute; petiole 2.5-5 mm; densely hirsute; leaf blade olivaceous or deep olivaceous when dry; elliptic; oblong; obovate; or narrowly ovate; 2-6(-10) x 1-2.5(-7) cm; thickly papery; papery; or membranous; both surfaces hirsute; midvein flattened or slightly impressed adaxially; densely hirsute; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; evident abaxially; obscure adaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces; base obtuse; margin sparsely and sharply serrulate or subentire; apex acute or shortly acuminate; or abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; fasciculate or pseudopaniculate; axillary on first to second year’s branchlets; densely hirsute. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1- or 3-flowered; pedicels 1.5-2 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; peduncles when present 1-1.5 mm; flowers pink or white; 4- or 6-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2 mm in diam.; hirsute; deeply 5- or 6-lobed; lobes ovate-deltoid; ciliate; corolla rotate; 4-5 mm in diam.; petals 4-6; ovate-oblong or obovate; ca. 2 mm; basally slightly connate; apex rounded; stamens ca. 3/4 as long as petals; anthers oblong; rudimentary ovary pulvinate; rostellate. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 1(or 2); 1(-3)-flowered; pedicels 2-3 mm; with basal bracteoles; flowers 5-8-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; (5 or)6- or 7-lobed; hirsute; apex acute; corolla rotate; petals 5-8; oblong; ca. 2 mm; apex rounded; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals; sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 1.5 mm; ca. 1.3 mm in diam.; glabrous; styles evident; stigma capitate or thickly discoid. Fruit red; globose; 3-4 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel ca. 4 mm; densely hirsute; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 3 mm in diam.; 5-lobed; lobes ovate; hirsute; persistent style evident; stigma thickly discoid or capitate; pyrenes (5 or)6(or 7); ellipsoidal; (2.3-)3 mm; (0.8-)1 mm in diam.; pointed at both ends; abaxially longitudinally and broadly sulcate or not; 3-striate; laterally smooth; endocarp leathery or subwoody. Fl. Apr-May(-Jun); fr. Aug-Nov. 2n = 40*.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; forest margins; shrubby areas; streamsides; roadsides; (sea level to)100-1000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
147. Ilex pubescens Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 176. 1833.
??? mao dong qing
Shrubs or small trees; evergreen; 3-8 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown; somewhat zigzag; subquadrangular; densely hirsute or villous; longitudinally ridged and rugose; leaf scars slightly raised; nearly crescent-shaped; lenticels absent; terminal buds often poorly developed or absent. Stipules persistent; deltoid; hirsute; apically acute; petiole 2.5-5 mm; densely hirsute; leaf blade olivaceous or deep olivaceous when dry; elliptic; oblong; obovate; or narrowly ovate; 2-6(-10) x 1-2.5(-7) cm; thickly papery; papery; or membranous; both surfaces hirsute; midvein flattened or slightly impressed adaxially; densely hirsute; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; evident abaxially; obscure adaxially; anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces; base obtuse; margin sparsely and sharply serrulate or subentire; apex acute or shortly acuminate; or abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; fasciculate or pseudopaniculate; axillary on first to second year’s branchlets; densely hirsute. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1- or 3-flowered; pedicels 1.5-2 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; peduncles when present 1-1.5 mm; flowers pink or white; 4- or 6-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2 mm in diam.; hirsute; deeply 5- or 6-lobed; lobes ovate-deltoid; ciliate; corolla rotate; 4-5 mm in diam.; petals 4-6; ovate-oblong or obovate; ca. 2 mm; basally slightly connate; apex rounded; stamens ca. 3/4 as long as petals; anthers oblong; rudimentary ovary pulvinate; rostellate. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 1(or 2); 1(-3)-flowered; pedicels 2-3 mm; with basal bracteoles; flowers 5-8-merous; calyx patelliform; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; (5 or)6- or 7-lobed; hirsute; apex acute; corolla rotate; petals 5-8; oblong; ca. 2 mm; apex rounded; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals; sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 1.5 mm; ca. 1.3 mm in diam.; glabrous; styles evident; stigma capitate or thickly discoid. Fruit red; globose; 3-4 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel ca. 4 mm; densely hirsute; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 3 mm in diam.; 5-lobed; lobes ovate; hirsute; persistent style evident; stigma thickly discoid or capitate; pyrenes (5 or)6(or 7); ellipsoidal; (2.3-)3 mm; (0.8-)1 mm in diam.; pointed at both ends; abaxially longitudinally and broadly sulcate or not; 3-striate; laterally smooth; endocarp leathery or subwoody. Fl. Apr-May(-Jun); fr. Aug-Nov. 2n = 40*.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; forest margins; shrubby areas; streamsides; roadsides; (sea level to)100-1000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; SE Yunnan; Zhejiang.