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21. Beilschmiedia Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 61, 69. 1831.

琼楠属 qiong nan shu

Authors: Xi-wen Li, Jie Li & Henk van der Werff

Lauromerrillia C. K. Allen.

Evergreen trees or shrubs. Terminal buds mostly conspicuous. Leaves opposite, subopposite, or alternate, leathery, thickly leathery, or papery, very rarely membranous, entire, pinninerved, veins usually conspicuous. Flowers small, bisexual. Inflorescences short, mostly cymose-paniculate, sometimes as axillary flower-bundles or subracemose, sometimes covered by imbricate caducous bracts when young; peduncles and pedicels enlarged or not enlarged after anthesis. Perianth tube short; perianth segments 6(or 8), equal or almost equal. Fertile stamens (6 or 8 or)9; filaments of 1st and 2nd whorls glandless, those of 3rd whorl generally each with 2 stalked or stalkless glands at base, anthers 2-celled, anther cells of 1st and 2nd whorls introrse, those of 3rd whorl extrorse. Staminodes of 4th whorl, ovoid, cordate, or deltoid, shortly stalked. Ovary attenuate at apex into a style. Fruits baccate, ellipsoid, ovoid-ellipsoid, cylindric, obovoid, or subglobose; fruiting pedicels swollen or not swollen; perianth in fruit generally wholly deciduous.

About 300 species: mainly in tropical Africa, SE Asia, Australasia, and America; 39 species (33 endemic) in China.

Beilschmiedia supraglandulosa Y. K. Li (Guihaia 5: 344. 1985) was described from SE Guizhou (Sandu) but could not be treated here because no material was seen by the present authors.


1 Terminal buds glabrous   (2)
+ Terminal buds hairy   (18)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade abaxially densely glandular-punctate   (3)
+ Leaf blade abaxially not glandular-punctate   (5)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade large, 12.5-40 × 7-21 cm, thickly papery, ovate to ovate-oblong.   23 B. fasciata
+ Leaf blade smaller, 7-16 × 2.5-5.5 cm, papery or leathery, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate   (4)
       
4 (3) Leaf blade papery, narrowly elliptic, adaxially gray-brown and abaxially purple-black when dry, apex acuminate or long acuminate, always falcate-curved; terminal buds small; fruits oblong-ellipsoid, 3-4.3 cm.   24 B. pergamentacea
+ Leaf blade leathery, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, adaxially green-brown or gray-brown and abaxially dark brown or purple-black when dry, apex obtuse or shortly acuminate; terminal buds large; fruits obovoid or subturbinate, ca. 3 cm.   25 B. robusta
       
5 (2) Midrib adaxially plane or elevated   (6)
+ Midrib adaxially impressed (at least near base)   (8)
       
6 (5) Leaf apex rounded.   26 B. longepetiolata
+ Leaf apex not rounded   (7)
       
7 (6) Leaves alternate, leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate, abaxially powdery green or powdery brown, veins densely reticulate, adaxially foveolate when dry.   27 B. glauca
+ Leaves opposite or alternate, leaf blade narrowly elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, dark brown and shiny when dry, veins sparsely foveolate on both surfaces when dry.   28 B. erythrophloia
       
8 (5) Fruits small, ellipsoid or subglobose, less than 2 cm, always verruculose   (9)
+ Fruits large, more than 2.5 cm, smooth or verruculose   (11)
       
9 (8) Leaf blade large, (6-)8-12 × (2.5-)3-4.5 cm; inflorescences axillary.   29 B. fordii
+ Leaf blade small, 2.5-8 × 1-2.8(-3) cm; inflorescences terminal and/or axillary   (10)
       
10 (9) Leaf blade longer, 4-8 cm, leathery, adaxially dark brown when dry, lateral veins slightly conspicuous, veins inconspicuous, petiole 1-1.5 cm; fruits ellipsoid, ca. 1.1 cm in diam..   30 B. brevipaniculata
+ Leaf blade shorter, 2.5-4(-6) cm, thinly leathery, adaxially dark gray when dry, lateral veins and reticulate veins conspicuously elevated, abaxially dark brown, petiole 2-5 mm; fruits subglobose, ca. 1.5 cm in diam..   31 B. brevifolia
       
11 (8) Fruits nearly obovoid-ellipsoid, ovoid, or globose to subglobose; leaf blade veins slender, always slightly conspicuous; petiole 7-15 mm   (12)
+ Fruits ellipsoid or nearly olive-shaped; leaf blade veins mostly conspicuously elevated; petiole 10-30 mm   (13)
       
12 (11) Leaf blade oblong or oblong-elliptic, 7-14 × 3-6 cm, adaxially opaque, abaxially furfuraceous, apex acute or somewhat obtuse; fruits nearly obovoid-ellipsoid or subglobose, brown, densely furfuraceous, ca. 3.2 × 2 cm; fruiting pedicels ca. 4 mm in diam..   32 B. furfuracea
+ Leaf blade narrowly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 5-8(-10) × 2-3.5 cm, adaxially shiny, apex abruptly caudate; fruits ovoid or globose, 2.5-3 × 2.3-2.5 cm; fruiting pedicels ca. 1.5 mm in diam..   33 B. kweichowensis
       
13 (11) Leaf base decurrent.   34 B. intermedia
+ Leaf base not decurrent   (14)
       
14 (13) Lateral veins 9-13 pairs   (15)
+ Lateral veins 6-9 pairs   (16)
       
15 (14) Leaf blade elliptic to oblong, 9-21 × 3.5-6 cm; lateral veins 9-13 pairs; fruits 3.3-3.7 × 1.5-2.3 cm, attenuate or subrounded at both ends.   38 B. linocieroides
+ Leaf blade elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, 7-14 × 2-5 cm; lateral veins generally 10 pairs; fruits ca. 2.8 × 1.6 cm, apex apiculate.   39 B. henghsienensis
       
16 (14) Leaf blade ovate to oblong, veins adaxially obscure; fruits ellipsoid, always verruculose.   35 B. sichourensis
+ Leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so, veins adaxially conspicuously elevated; fruits narrowly ellipsoid or ovoid-oblong, smooth   (17)
       
17 (16) Fruits narrowly ellipsoid.   36 B. percoriacea
+ Fruits ovoid-oblong.   37 B. ovoidea
       
18 (1) Midrib adaxially impressed   (19)
+ Midrib adaxially elevated or plane   (25)
       
19 (18) Terminal buds small, densely yellow-brown tomentose or gray-brown villous   (20)
+ Terminal buds large, ferruginous tomentose or ferruginous furfuraceous   (22)
       
20 (19) Leaf blade large, obovate, obovate-oblong, or oblong, 15-24 × 7-11 cm; fruits cylindric, up to 5 cm, scattered verruculose.   1 B. cylindrica
+ Leaf blade small, elliptic, 4-11 × 1.5-4.5 cm; fruits small, below 2 cm, always verruculose   (21)
       
21 (20) Terminal buds and branchlets densely yellow-brown tomentose or yellow-brown puberulent; leaf blade elliptic to oblong, 6-9(-14) × 1.5-4.5 cm, apex acute with an obtuse acumen or sometimes round or incised, veins conspicuously and densely reticulate on both surfaces, somewhat laxly foveolate when dry.   2 B. tsangii
+ Terminal buds and branchlets gray-brown puberulent; leaf blade oblong, 4-7 × 1.5-2.5 cm, apex shortly acuminate or somewhat obtuse, lateral veins and veinlets adaxially inconspicuous but abaxially slightly conspicuous.   3 B. muricata
       
22 (19) Branchlets, leaf blade abaxially, and petioles densely ferruginous tomentose.   4 B. obconica
+ Branchlets, leaf blade abaxially, and petioles glabrous or furfuraceous only   (23)
       
23 (22) Petiole 1.5-3 cm.   7 B. laevis
+ Petiole 0.6-1.2 cm   (24)
       
24 (23) Leaf blade leathery, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, adaxially green-brown or gray-brown and abaxially always purplish when dry; fruits large, ellipsoid or subglobose, up to 5 × 4 cm, brown-furfuraceous and rugulose; apex of fruiting pedicels and base of infructescence swollen, 7-15 mm in diam..   5 B. macropoda
+ Leaf blade papery, oblong, abaxially purplish brown and somewhat furfuraceous; fruits ellipsoid, up to 3 × 2.3 cm, narrowed into a stalk at base, ferruginous- furfuraceous when young, dark brown and glabrous when old; fruiting pedicels up to 5 mm in diam..   6 B. purpurascens
       
25 (18) Leaf blade abaxially not glandular-punctate   (26)
+ Leaves abaxially (or sometimes adaxially) densely glandular-punctate   (32)
       
26 (25) Leaf blade leathery, veins densely reticulate, conspicuously minutely foveolate adaxially or on both surfaces   (27)
+ Leaf blade leathery, papery, or submembranous, veins laxly reticulate, not foveolate on both surfaces   (29)
       
27 (26) Leaf blade larger, 8-16(-18) × 4-6(-7.5) cm, adaxially conspicuously foveolate; petiole 1-2.5 cm.   18 B. yunnanensis
+ Leaf blade smaller, 5-11 × 2-4 cm, adaxially minutely foveolate; petiole 0.6-1.5 cm   (28)
       
28 (27) Leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, 5-11 × 2-4 cm, green-brown when dry; fruits dark brown, densely and minutely furfuraceous; fruiting pedicels ca. 2 mm in diam..   16 B. obscurinervia
+ Leaf blade elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 6-9(-12) × 2-3(-5) cm, brownish when dry; fruits black-brown, shiny, smooth; fruiting pedicels 3-4 mm in diam..   17 B. tungfangensis
       
29 (26) Fruits smooth, but slightly furfuraceous or wrinkled when dry   (30)
+ Fruits densely verruculose   (31)
       
30 (29) Leaf blade black-brown when dry, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 7-10 × 2-4 cm, papery or submembranous; fruits slightly furfuraceous when dry.   21 B. ningmingensis
+ Leaf blade abaxially brownish when dry, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 4.5-8.5 × 1.5-3.5 cm, leathery, adaxially densely glandular-spotted; fruits wrinkled when dry.   22 B. glandulosa
       
31 (29) Inflorescences 2-6 cm; fruits ellipsoid or obovoid-ellipsoid, 2-3 × 1-2 cm.   19 B. delicata
+ Inflorescences 1.2-1.5 cm; fruits ellipsoid, ca. 3 × 1.3 cm.   20 B. brachythyrsa
       
32 (25) Terminal buds densely ferruginous puberulent or ferruginous hirtellous   (33)
+ Terminal buds yellow-brown pubescent or gray-brown pubescent   (35)
       
33 (32) Terminal buds and inflorescences densely ferruginous hirtellous.   8 B. rufohirtella
+ Terminal buds and inflorescences densely ferruginous pubescent   (34)
       
34 (33) Leaf blade broadly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 9-14 × 3.5-7 cm, apex obtuse or shortly acuminate, base subrotund or acute; panicles 4-8 cm, many ramified.   9 B. wangii
+ Leaf blade lanceolate or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 6-13 × 2-4 cm, apex shortly acuminate with an obtuse acumen, base cuneate; panicles ca. 2 cm, few ramified.   10 B. shangsiensis
       
35 (32) Leaf blade submembranous or papery to subleathery, black or black-brown when dry   (36)
+ Leaf blade leathery or thinly leathery, not black or black-brown when dry   (37)
       
36 (35) Leaf blade abaxially white glandular-punctate, always alternate, submembranous, oblong to elliptic, apex acuminate, base cuneate or broadly cuneate; petiole 5-13 mm; fruits ovoid, ca. 3.3 × 2.7 cm, fruiting pedicels ca. 2 mm in diam..   11 B. punctilimba
+ Leaf blade abaxially also with glands but not white in color, opposite or sometimes alternate, papery or subleathery, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, apex obtuse, obtusely acuminate, acute, or subrounded, base broadly cuneate or rotund; petiole 15-20 mm; fruits ellipsoid, 4-5 × 2-3 cm, fruiting pedicels up to 7 mm in diam..   12 B. roxburghiana
       
37 (35) Leaf blade large, usually ca. 20 × 6 cm.   13 B. pauciflora
+ Leaf blade small, 5-11 × 2-4.5 cm   (38)
       
38 (37) Fruits globose, ca. 1.8 cm in diam., densely brown furfuraceous.   14 B. baotingensis
+ Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm in diam., always verruculose.   15 B. appendiculata

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