Vasilis Teodoridis:
Juglandaceae | Platycarya
1. Platycarya strobilacea Siebold & Zuccarini; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3: 742. 1843.
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Fortunaea chinensis Lindley; Platycarya kwangtungensis Chun; P. longipes Wu; P. simplicifolia G. R. Long; P. simplicifolia var. ternata G. R. Long; P. sinensis Mottet; P. strobilacea var. kawakamii Hayata.
Trees or shrubs to 15 m tall. Leaves (6-)8-30 cm; petiole 1.2-9.2 cm; glabrous; rachis glabrous; leaflets 1-15(-23); lateral leaflets sessile; blade ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate; 3-11 x 1.5-3.5 cm; abaxially glabrous; except for dense cluster of hairs at base and along midvein abaxially; base oblique to cuneate; terminal leaflet with petiolule 0.6-3.5 cm; base rounded or broadly cuneate. Androgynous spike 2-10 cm; central spike female in basal 1-3 cm; male in apical 1-3.4 cm; or sometimes absent. Male spikes 2-15 cm; bracts ovate; 2-3 mm; apex acute to acuminate. Female flowers with bract straight or reflexed. Fruiting spike ovoid-ellipsoid or ellipsoid-cylindric to subglobose; 2.5-5 x (1.2-)2-3 cm; bracts lanceolate; 4-10 x 2-3 mm. Nutlets suborbicular to obovate; 3-6 x 3-6 mm. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 28.
Mixed forests on mountain slopes; sometimes on limestone; 400-1400(-2200) m. Anhui; Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Shandong; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea; Vietnam].
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.