Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Laurocerasus
1. Laurocerasus phaeosticta (Hance) C. K. Schneider; Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 649. 1906.
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Pygeum phaeosticta Hance; J. Bot. 8: 72. 1870; Laurocerasus phaeosticta f. ciliospinosa Chun ex T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. dentigera (Rehder) T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. lasioclada (Rehder) T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. puberula T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. pubipedunculata T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; Prunus phaeosticta (Hance) Maximowicz; P. phaeosticta (Hance) Maximowicz f. dentigera Rehder; P. phaeosticta f. lasioclada Rehder; P. punctata J. D. Hooker & Thomson; P. xerocarpa Hemsley.
Shrubs or trees; 4–12 m tall. Branchlets dark purplish brown; ± pubescent when young; glabrous and purplish black with age; with sparse orbicular lenticels. Winter buds purplish brown; ovoid; 2–4 mm; glabrous; apex acute to obtuse. Petiole 4–8 mm; glabrous; without nectaries; leaf blade narrowly elliptic; oblong; oblong-lanceolate; or rarely obovate-oblong; 6–12 x 2–4 cm; herbaceous to subleathery; both surfaces glabrous; abaxially scattered black punctate; base cuneate and with 2 large flat nectaries near margin; margin entire or on sterile branchlets acutely serrate; apex long caudate; secondary veins 6–10 on either side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially somewhat elevated; adaxially slightly prominent. Racemes in axils of normal leaves on basal part of lateral branchlets or in axils of cataphylls on apical part of branchlets; solitary; 4–6 cm; several to 10-flowered or more; cataphylls small; soon caducous; apex tridentate; rachis often glabrous; bracts linear to lanceolate; 2–4 mm; soon caducous; glabrous; margin glandular serrate. Flowers 4–6 mm in diam. Pedicel 3–6 mm often glabrous. Hypanthium cup-shaped; 1.5–2.5 mm; outside glabrous. Sepals ovate-triangular; 1–2 mm; outside glabrous; margin ciliate or minutely serrate; apex obtuse. Petals white; suborbicular; 2–3.5 mm; glabrous. Stamens 20–35; 5–6 mm. Ovary glabrous. Style 5–6 mm. Drupe purplish black; subglobose to transversely ellipsoid; 8–10 mm in diam.; glabrous; endocarp thin; smooth. Fl. Apr–May; fr. Jul–Oct.
Mixed forests; mountain valleys; mountain meadows; stream sides; along trails; 300--2500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bangladesh; India; N Myanmar; N Thailand; N Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Laurocerasus
1. Laurocerasus phaeosticta (Hance) C. K. Schneider; Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 649. 1906.
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Pygeum phaeosticta Hance; J. Bot. 8: 72. 1870; Laurocerasus phaeosticta f. ciliospinosa Chun ex T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. dentigera (Rehder) T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. lasioclada (Rehder) T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. puberula T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; L. phaeosticta f. pubipedunculata T. T. Yü & L. T. Lu; Prunus phaeosticta (Hance) Maximowicz; P. phaeosticta (Hance) Maximowicz f. dentigera Rehder; P. phaeosticta f. lasioclada Rehder; P. punctata J. D. Hooker & Thomson; P. xerocarpa Hemsley.
Shrubs or trees; 4–12 m tall. Branchlets dark purplish brown; ± pubescent when young; glabrous and purplish black with age; with sparse orbicular lenticels. Winter buds purplish brown; ovoid; 2–4 mm; glabrous; apex acute to obtuse. Petiole 4–8 mm; glabrous; without nectaries; leaf blade narrowly elliptic; oblong; oblong-lanceolate; or rarely obovate-oblong; 6–12 x 2–4 cm; herbaceous to subleathery; both surfaces glabrous; abaxially scattered black punctate; base cuneate and with 2 large flat nectaries near margin; margin entire or on sterile branchlets acutely serrate; apex long caudate; secondary veins 6–10 on either side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially somewhat elevated; adaxially slightly prominent. Racemes in axils of normal leaves on basal part of lateral branchlets or in axils of cataphylls on apical part of branchlets; solitary; 4–6 cm; several to 10-flowered or more; cataphylls small; soon caducous; apex tridentate; rachis often glabrous; bracts linear to lanceolate; 2–4 mm; soon caducous; glabrous; margin glandular serrate. Flowers 4–6 mm in diam. Pedicel 3–6 mm often glabrous. Hypanthium cup-shaped; 1.5–2.5 mm; outside glabrous. Sepals ovate-triangular; 1–2 mm; outside glabrous; margin ciliate or minutely serrate; apex obtuse. Petals white; suborbicular; 2–3.5 mm; glabrous. Stamens 20–35; 5–6 mm. Ovary glabrous. Style 5–6 mm. Drupe purplish black; subglobose to transversely ellipsoid; 8–10 mm in diam.; glabrous; endocarp thin; smooth. Fl. Apr–May; fr. Jul–Oct.
Mixed forests; mountain valleys; mountain meadows; stream sides; along trails; 300--2500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bangladesh; India; N Myanmar; N Thailand; N Vietnam].