Vasilis Teodoridis:
Sterculiaceae | Reevesia
7. Reevesia thyrsoidea Lindley; Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts; ser. 2. 2: 112. 1827.
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Trees; evergreen; bark gray-brown. Branchlets brownish black when dried; sparsely stellate puberulent. Petiole 1-3 cm; swollen at both ends; leaf blade oblong to elliptic; 5-7 x 2.5-3 cm; leathery; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 5-7 on each side of midrib; base rounded or obtuse; apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescence cymose-corymbose; densely flowered; puberulent. Calyx campanulate; ca. 6 mm; abaxially stellate puberulent; adaxially hairy on upper part; 5-lobed; lobes ca. 2 mm; apex acute. Petals 5; white; spatulate; slightly extending outward; ca. 10 mm. Androgynophore 2-3 cm. Ovary globose; 5-celled; hairy. Capsule on ca. 2 cm stipe; oblong-pyriform; 5-angular; ca. 3 cm; puberulent. Seeds ca. 2 cm including wing. Fl. Mar-Apr.
Forested slopes or stream banks; 500-1500 m. C; E; and S Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan [Cambodia; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Sterculiaceae | Reevesia
7. Reevesia thyrsoidea Lindley; Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts; ser. 2. 2: 112. 1827.
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Trees; evergreen; bark gray-brown. Branchlets brownish black when dried; sparsely stellate puberulent. Petiole 1-3 cm; swollen at both ends; leaf blade oblong to elliptic; 5-7 x 2.5-3 cm; leathery; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 5-7 on each side of midrib; base rounded or obtuse; apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescence cymose-corymbose; densely flowered; puberulent. Calyx campanulate; ca. 6 mm; abaxially stellate puberulent; adaxially hairy on upper part; 5-lobed; lobes ca. 2 mm; apex acute. Petals 5; white; spatulate; slightly extending outward; ca. 10 mm. Androgynophore 2-3 cm. Ovary globose; 5-celled; hairy. Capsule on ca. 2 cm stipe; oblong-pyriform; 5-angular; ca. 3 cm; puberulent. Seeds ca. 2 cm including wing. Fl. Mar-Apr.
Forested slopes or stream banks; 500-1500 m. C; E; and S Guangdong; S Guangxi; Hainan [Cambodia; Vietnam].