Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum
40. Zanthoxylum simulans Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat.; Bot.; sér. 5. 5: 208. 1866.
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Fagara podocarpa (Hemsley) Engler; F. setosa (Hemsley) Engler; Zanthoxylum acanthophyllum Hayata; Z. argyi H. Léveillé; Z. bungei Hance var. inermis Franchet; Z. podocarpum Hemsley; Z. setosum Hemsley; Z. simulans var. podocarpum (Hemsley) C. C. Huang.
Shrubs or small trees. Stems and branchlets with prickles. Young branchlets and leaflet blades abaxially on midvein pubescent; sometimes also secondary veins pubescent; sometimes all parts glabrous. Leaves 5-15-foliolate; rachis winged; leaflet blades sessile or at base of leaf rachis with a short petiolule; opposite; ovate; ovate-elliptic; or lanceolate; 2.5-7 x 1.5-4 cm; adaxially with spines; oil glands numerous; translucent; and slightly protruding when dry; midvein impressed; base slightly oblique; margin crenate; apex acute to mucronate or with a retuse tip. Inflorescences terminal; 1-5 cm. Perianth in 2 irregular series or 1 series; with 5-8 ± undifferentiated tepals. Tepals pale yellowish green; narrowly lanceolate; broadly ovate; or subdeltoid; ca. 2 mm. Male flowers: stamens 5-8(-10); filaments pale green; connective with an oil gland at apex; rudimentary gynoecium pale green. Female flowers: carpels 2 or 3; styles recurved. Fruit follicles reddish brown; ca. 5 mm in diam.; base attenuate into a 1-2 mm stipe; oil glands numerous and slightly protruding. Seeds 4-4.5 mm. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = ca. 132*.
? Plains or upland forests. Anhui; Fujian; Gansu; N Guangdong; NE Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shandong; Taiwan; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum
40. Zanthoxylum simulans Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat.; Bot.; sér. 5. 5: 208. 1866.
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Fagara podocarpa (Hemsley) Engler; F. setosa (Hemsley) Engler; Zanthoxylum acanthophyllum Hayata; Z. argyi H. Léveillé; Z. bungei Hance var. inermis Franchet; Z. podocarpum Hemsley; Z. setosum Hemsley; Z. simulans var. podocarpum (Hemsley) C. C. Huang.
Shrubs or small trees. Stems and branchlets with prickles. Young branchlets and leaflet blades abaxially on midvein pubescent; sometimes also secondary veins pubescent; sometimes all parts glabrous. Leaves 5-15-foliolate; rachis winged; leaflet blades sessile or at base of leaf rachis with a short petiolule; opposite; ovate; ovate-elliptic; or lanceolate; 2.5-7 x 1.5-4 cm; adaxially with spines; oil glands numerous; translucent; and slightly protruding when dry; midvein impressed; base slightly oblique; margin crenate; apex acute to mucronate or with a retuse tip. Inflorescences terminal; 1-5 cm. Perianth in 2 irregular series or 1 series; with 5-8 ± undifferentiated tepals. Tepals pale yellowish green; narrowly lanceolate; broadly ovate; or subdeltoid; ca. 2 mm. Male flowers: stamens 5-8(-10); filaments pale green; connective with an oil gland at apex; rudimentary gynoecium pale green. Female flowers: carpels 2 or 3; styles recurved. Fruit follicles reddish brown; ca. 5 mm in diam.; base attenuate into a 1-2 mm stipe; oil glands numerous and slightly protruding. Seeds 4-4.5 mm. Fl. Mar-May; fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = ca. 132*.
? Plains or upland forests. Anhui; Fujian; Gansu; N Guangdong; NE Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shandong; Taiwan; Zhejiang.