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2. Microtropis semipaniculata C. Y. Cheng & T. C. Kao, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26: 310. 1988.

复序假卫矛 fu xu jia wei mao

Small trees to shrubs; branchlets slightly tetragonal. Petiole 6-9 mm; leaf blade narrowly ovate, ovate-elliptic, or ovate- lanceolate, 4.5-9 × 1.5-3.5 cm, leathery, base widely cuneate or nearly rounded, margin slightly revolute, apex narrowly acute; secondary veins 4-6 pairs, thin. Thyrses axillary or on branched axis, broadly spreading; rachis present or absent; peduncle short, only 2-5 mm if rachis present, rachis 5-15 mm, secondary peduncle 1.2-2.2 cm, pedicels 2-3 mm; if rachis absent peduncle long, 2-3 cm. Flowers white, ca. 5 mm wide; sepals 5, semiorbicular, 1.5-2 mm; petals 5, patent, rectangular-elliptic or slightly obovate, ca. 3 mm. Disk annular or approximately calathiform, fleshy, margin entire. Stamens 5; filament slender, 1.5-2 mm; anther rectangular-elliptic. Ovary narrowly subulate; style thick, ca. 1 mm. Capsule oblong, ca. 2 cm.

● Thick forests; 1200-1600 m. SW Guangxi.


 

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