尖叶黄杨 jian ye huang yang

Basionym: Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zuccarini var. aemulans Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 169. 1914; B. microphylla var. kiangsiensis Hu & F. H. Chen; B. sinica subsp. aemulans (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) M. Cheng.

Leaf blade rather variable from rhomboid-ovate to narrowly lanceolate, usually elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, 2-3.5 × 1-1.3 cm, apex acuminate, acute or slightly obtuse at tip; midrib elevated on both surfaces, lateral veins visible adaxially. Sterile pistil length and capsule indumentum also variable. Capsule ca. 7 mm; persistent style ca. 3 mm.

● Thickets, stony areas along streamsides; 600-2000 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang.