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2. Craigia kwangsiensis H. H. Hsue, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(1): 107. 1975.

桂滇桐 gui dian tong

Branchlets, buds, stalk, and stipe stellate pubescent. Petiole 1.8-2.5 cm; leaf blade oblong, 7-9 × 2.5-4 cm, dark greenish when dry, abaxially yellow-brown pubescent, 2 lateral veins close to margin, ascending to 1/3 length of blade, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, veinlets prominent, base cuneate, margin serrate,
apex acuminate. Infructescence cymelike; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Stipe 1-1.2 cm. Capsule 2.5-3 × 2-2.4 cm, wings transversely veined. Seeds 4 per locule, ca. 8 mm. Fr. Nov.

● Evergreen broad-leaved forests on limestone; ca. 1400 m. NW Guangxi (Tianlin).

Craigia kwangsiensis is known only from the type. It has not been relocated and it is possibly extinct due to deforestation. It is listed as "Critically endangered" in the IUCN Red List.


 

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