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Buxus cephalantha H. Lév. & Vaniot

Description

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Shrubs small, 30-60 cm tall, densely ramified; young branches tetragonous, 0.5-1 mm in diam., puberulent or glabrous; internode 3-5 mm. Petiole ca. 1 mm; leaf blade obovate-spatulate or spatulate, 8-12 × 3-4 mm, rarely spatulate-linear, 1.5-2 × 2.5-4 mm, or narrowly oblong or narrowly oblanceolate, 15-25 × 5-7 mm, thinly leathery, adaxially puberulent along midrib, base narrowly cuneate, apex obtuse, with mucronulate or retuse tip; midrib elevated on both surfaces, lateral veins dense and visible on surface. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, capitate; rachis 3-5 mm, densely pubescent; bracts 6-8 pairs, ovate-triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, acute, pubescent toward base abaxially. Male flowers sessile; tepals ovate, ca. 1.3 mm, glabrous; sterile pistil ca. 0.8 mm. Female flowers: tepals ovate-elliptic, ca. 1.5 mm; ovary longer than style. Capsule ovoid, to 6 mm, hirtellous initially, later subglabrous or glabrous; persistent style ca. 1.5 mm; stigma obovate, decurrent to middle part of style. Fl. Mar, fr. Jul.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 11: 322, 325 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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NE Guangdong, N Guangxi, S Guizhou.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 11: 322, 325 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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● Rock crevices in valleys, rocky areas; 300-700 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 11: 322, 325 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras