Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
22b. Litsea coreana var. sinensis (C. K. Allen) Yen C. Yang & P. H. Huang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 49. 1978.
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Actinodaphne lancifolia var. sinensis C. K. Allen; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 406. 1938; Iozoste hirtipes Migo.
Branchlets glabrous. Petiole 6-16 mm; glabrous abaxially; pubescent adaxially; leaf blade oblong or lanceolate; glabrous abaxially; along midrib pubescent at base adaxially when young; apex acute.
? Weed-tree forests on mountains; below 900 m. Anhui; Fujian; Henan; Hubei; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Zhejiang.
This variety has often been confused with Litsea rotundifolia var. oblongifolia by some authors; but it differs in having scaly fissured bark; a stout and flat fruiting pedicel; black mature fruit; and persistent perianth segments.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Lithocarpus
54. Lithocarpus iteaphyllus (Hance) Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 127. 1919.
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Quercus iteaphylla Hance; J. Bot. 22: 229. 1884; Lithocarpus iteaphylloides Chun; Pasania iteaphylla (Hance) Schottky; Synaedrys iteaphylla (Hance) Koidzumi.
Trees 5-10 m tall. Branchlets of current year conspicuously sulcate; dark reddish brown; glabrous. Petiole 5-8 mm; sometimes to 3 cm; base ± thickened; leaf blade narrowly oblong to lanceolate; 8-13 x 2.5-4.5 cm; thick to rigidly papery; base broadly cuneate and decurrent on petiole; margin entire; apex acuminate; midvein raised on both surfaces; secondary veins 6-10 on each side of midvein; slender; conspicuous on both surfaces; tertiary veins inconspicuous. Inflorescence solitary or congested at apex of branches of last-year growth; usually androgynous; rachis with early glabrescent; tawny minute hairs. Male flowers above middle of inflorescence; solitary; scattered on rachis. Infructescences 5-8 cm; rachis ca. 2 mm thick; lenticellate. Cupule bowl-shaped; 5-8 mm x 1-1.4 cm; enclosing 1/8-1/5 of nut; wall 0.5-1 mm thick with basal part woody; bracts reduced and united into 6-8 irregular concentric rings; with tawny; waxy scalelike glands and sparsely puberulent. Nut ellipsoid; 1-1.8 x 1-1.4 cm; glabrous; apex pointed to rounded; wall 0.2-0.5 mm thick; scar 5-6 mm in diam.; concave. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Jul-Oct of following year.
* Stream banks; sunny slopes; circa 500 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; S Hunan; S Jiangxi; Zhejiang