Vasilis Teodoridis:
Styracaceae | Styrax
28. Styrax confusus Hemsley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 1906: 162. 1906.
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Trees 2--8 m tall. Trunk to 12 cm d.b.h. Branchlets densely brownish stellate pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 1--3 mm; leaf blade narrowly oblong; obovate-elliptic; or oblong-elliptic; 4--14 X 2.5--7 cm; leathery to almost leathery; sparsely stellate pubescent but gradually glabrescent; base rounded to broadly cuneate; margin serrulate; apex acute to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 5--7 pairs; tertiary veins reticulate and conspicuously raised. Racemes terminal; 3--8-flowered; 4--10 cm. Pedicel 1--1.5 cm. Flowers 1.3--2.2 cm. Calyx 3--10 X 4--6 mm; densely yellowish to gray stellate tomentose and villose; teeth 5; deltoid. Corolla tube 3--4 mm; lobes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; 12--20 X 3--4 mm. Filaments slightly expanded; free parts basally densely white villose. Fruit subglobose to obovoid; 0.8--1.5 cm in diam.; densely yellowish stellate tomentose; exocarp 1--2 mm thick; rugose. Seeds brown; obovoid; smooth or deeply rugose. Fl. Apr-Oct.
* 100--1700 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Zhejiang
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Smilax
52. Smilax lanceifolia Roxburgh; Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 792. 1832.
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Vines climbing. Stem branched; terete; 1--2 m; woody; branchlets occasionally zigzagged. Petiole 1--2(--2.5) cm; narrowly winged for 1/5--1/4 its length; abscission zone at middle; tendrils usually present. Leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-oblong; 6--17 x 2--8 cm. Inflorescence of 1(or 2) umbels; basally prophyllate; peduncle 1--1.5 cm; proximally articulate; umbels of both sexes densely 20--30-flowered; base slightly thickened. Male flowers: tepals yellowish green; 3--4.5 x ca. 1 mm; stamens 3--4 mm. Female flowers: tepals 1.5--2 x ca. 0.6 mm; staminodes 6. Berries yellowish red to black; globose; 6--7 mm in diam. Fl. Sep--Mar; fr. Oct--Nov.
Forests; forest margins; thickets; shaded places on slopes; 100--2800 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; Cambodia; NE India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sikkim; Thailand; Vietnam].
This species is very difficult to treat taxonomically due to the extreme polymorphism of the included entities.
52b. Smilax lanceifolia var. opaca A. de Candolle in A. de Candolle & C. de Candolle; Monogr. Phan. 1: 57. 1878.
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Smilax laevis Wallich ex A. de Candolle; S. laevis var. ophirensis A. de Candolle; S. laevis var. parkii A. de Candolle; S. lanceifolia subsp. opaca (A. de Candolle) T. Koyama; S. opaca (A. de Candolle) J. B. Norton.
Leaf blade leathery; usually ovate to ovate-lanceolate; usually 1--3 x as long as wide; adaxially obviously shiny; main veins raised adaxially (sometimes midvein slightly concave).
Forests; thickets; shaded places on slopes; 100--1000(--2000) m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Thailand; Vietnam].