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].