Vasilis Teodoridis:
Piperaceae | Piper
51. Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 81. 1934.
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Ipomoea kadsura Choisy; Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 475. 1833; Piper arboricola C. de Candolle; P. futokadsura Siebold; P. subglaucescens C. de Candolle.
Climbers woody; dioecious. Stems rooting at nodes; ridged; sparsely pubescent when young. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; sometimes pubescent; sheathed at base only; leaf blade ovate or long ovate; 6-12 x 3.5-7 cm; ± leathery; abaxially usually pubescent on veins; adaxially glabrous; with uniformly scattered raised white glands; base cordate to rounded; ± symmetric; apex acute or obtuse; veins 5; apical pair arising up to 1.5 cm above base; others basal; reticulate veins conspicuous. Spikes leaf-opposed. Male spikes yellow; ascending; 3-5.5(-12) cm x ca. 2.5 mm; peduncle 0.6-1.5 cm; rachis hispidulous; bracts yellow; orbicular; ca. 1 mm wide; peltate; margin irregular; abaxially roughly white pubescent; ± sessile. Stamens 2 or 3; filaments short. Female spikes shorter than leaf blades; peduncle ca. as long as petioles; rachis and bracts as in male spikes. Ovary globose; distinct; stigmas 3 or 4; linear; pubescent. Drupe brownish yellow; globose; 3-4 mm in diam. Fl. May-Aug.
Lowland forests; on trees or rocks; 200-1500 m. Taiwan [Japan; S Korea]
This species has been recorded from Fujian and Zhejiang; but the material from those provinces differs from typical Piper kadsura in having the abaxial leaf surface uniformly hairy and the peduncles much longer; and seems better regarded as a form of Piper wallichii. The epithet is frequently spelled kadzura; but there does not seem sufficient justification to treat the spelling used in the protologue as an orthographic error. The synonym Piper arboricola C. de Candolle has nearly always been midapplied to material of P. sintenense.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Urticaceae | Pilea
46. Pilea notata C. H. Wright; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 26: 470. 1899.
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Boehmeria vanioti Léveillé; Pilea elliptifolia B. L. Shih & Yuen P. Yang; P. pseudopetiolaris Hatusima.
Herbs perennial; stoloniferous; dioecious or monoecious. Stems 25-75 cm tall; woody at base; succulent distally; with galls on mid portion of internodes; glabrous; rarely puberulent distally; densely covered cystoliths; Stipules soon deciduous; greenish; oblong; 8-12 mm; herbaceous; petiole thin; subequal in length; 1-7 cm; leaf blade abaxially pale green; adaxially dark green and lustrous; ovate or ovate-lanceolate; subequal in size; 4-11 x 1.5-4.5 cm; membranous; 3-veined; lateral veins 8-13 each side; cystoliths fusiform; conspicuous on both surfaces; base rounded rarely broadly cuneate; margin shallowly serrate; rarely doubly serrate along apical margin. Inflorescences solitary; male inflorescence a racemelike-cyme; 2-5 cm; female a compact cyme of glomerules; shorter than males. Male flowers yellow-green; pedicellate or sessile; in bud ovoid; ca. 1 mm; perianth lobes 4; connate 1/2 of length; subapically corniculate; stamens 4; rudimentary ovary small. Female flowers subsessile; in bud ca. 0.5 mm; perianth lobes connate 1/2 of length; equal; apex obtuse; staminodes 3; small; scale-like; oblong. Achene oblong-ovoid; ca. 0.8 mm; compressed; oblique; spinulose-verrucose. Fl. Jun-Sep; fr. Sep-Nov.
Shaded moist places in broad-leaved forests; 300-1500 m. S Anhui; Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; S Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Zhejiang [Japan].