Vasilis Teodoridis:
37. Michelia gioi (A. Chevalier) Sima & Hong Yu; Seed Pl.
Honghe Reg. S. E. Yunnan China; 55. 2003 [“gioii”].
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Talauma gioi A. Chevalier; Bull. Écon. Indochine; n.s.; 21:
790. 1918; Magnolia hypolampra (Dandy) Figlar; Michelia
hedyosperma Y. W. Law; M. hypolampra Dandy.Trees; to 21 m tall; to 60 cm d.b.h. Buds; young petioles;
brachyblasts; flower buds; and carpels appressed short sericeous
but other parts glabrous. Twigs black turning pale brown when
old; sparsely scattered with lenticels. Leaf blade obovate to
elliptic-obovate; 6–13 x 5–5.5 cm; thinly leathery; with Illicium
odor when crushed; both surfaces freshly green; glossy; and glabrous;
secondary veins 8–10 on each side of midvein and
prominent on both surfaces; reticulate veins slender; dense; and
prominent on both surfaces; base broadly cuneate; apex with an
obtuse tip. Flower buds long ellipsoid; ca. 2 cm. Brachyblasts
ca. 1 cm. Flowers fragrant. Tepals 9; in 3 whorls; outer tepals
membranous; linear; ca. 15 x 2 mm; tepals of inner 2 whorlsnarrowly elliptic; 1.5–2 x ca. 0.6 cm. Stamens ca. 25; 8–9 mm;
connective exserted and forming a 1–1.5 mm sharp tip. Gynophore
4–5 mm and 2–3 cm in fruit; gynoecium ovoid; carpels
ca. 10; narrowly ellipsoid; 6–7 mm; 5-ridged abaxially; ovules
6–8 per carpel; styles ca. 2 mm; reflexed. Fruiting brachyblasts
thick; 1.5–2 cm. Mature carpels grayish black; ellipsoid; 2–4.5
x 1–2.5 cm; densely lenticellate; base shrunken into 2–8 mm
stalks; apex mucronate; valves thick; reflexed when matured;
exposing white endocarp. Seeds 1–4. Fl. Mar–Apr; fr. Sep–Oct.
Forests; slopes; ravines; 300–800 m. SW Guangxi; Hainan; S Yunnan
[Vietnam].