identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
7006297C8B32A96CFF24F5880BD7DD5B.text	7006297C8B32A96CFF24F5880BD7DD5B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Loropetalum R. Brown ex Reichenbach 1829	<div><p>Loropetalum R. Brown ex Reichenbach 1829: 87.</p> <p>Type: — L. chinense (R. Brown) Oliver 1862: 459.</p> <p>≡ Hamamelis chinensis R. Brown 1818: 375.</p> <p>4 species. NE. India, S. China, N. Vietnam, S. Japan.</p> <p>Key for species identification</p> <p>1. Branchlets almost glabrous; at least some leaves in apical half sparsely irregularly dentate; petioles 10–15 mm long; leaf blade at the base rounded or subcordate; sterile bracts of peduncle pectinate, glandular fimbriate; inflorescence 14–25-flowered; sepals 1.5 mm long; petals bidentate at apex; styles about 2 mm long; plant growing 100–200 m a.s.l.................................1. L. subcordatum</p> <p>–. Branchlets stellately pubescent; all leaves with entire margin; petioles 1.5–6 mm long; leaf blade at the base acute or cuneate; sterile bracts of peduncle entire, without glandular hairs; inflorescence 4–16-flowered; sepals 1.8–3 mm long; petals entire at apex; styles less than 0.5 mm long; plant growing 1000–1250 m a.s.l.......................................................................................................2.</p> <p>2. Leaves almost glabrous; inflorescence with 4–5 flowers; flowers 4-merous, white.....................................................2. L. lanceum</p> <p>–. Leaves stellately pubescent; inflorescence with 4–16 flowers; flowers 4–6-merous, white, yellow or red.....................................3.</p> <p>3. Shrub 1–3 m tall; flowers pedicellate, white or red (rarely pale yellow); peduncle 8–10 mm long; stipules triangular-lanceolate to obovate; leaf blade ovate, 2–6.5 cm long, acute to shortly acuminate, membranaceous, densely pubescent abaxially; inflorescence terminal or axillary........................................................................................................................................................ 3. L. chinense</p> <p>–. Tree 5–10 m tall; flowers sessile, yellow; peduncle 2–7 mm long; stipules narrowly lanceolate; leaf blade lanceolate elliptic to narrowly ovate, 5–12 cm long, attenuate, rigid, leathery, sparsely pubescent abaxially; inflorescence axillary..............4. L. flavum</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7006297C8B32A96CFF24F5880BD7DD5B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Averyanov, Leonid V.;Endress, Peter K.;Nguyen, Khang Sinh;Thai, Tran Huy;Maisak, Tatiana V.;Averyanova, Anna L.;Diep, Le Ngoc	Averyanov, Leonid V., Endress, Peter K., Nguyen, Khang Sinh, Thai, Tran Huy, Maisak, Tatiana V., Averyanova, Anna L., Diep, Le Ngoc (2018): Loropetalum flavum (Hamamelidaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam. Phytotaxa 385 (2): 94-100, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.385.2.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.385.2.5
