Boehmeria zollingeriana var. podocarpa, (W. T. Wang) W. T. Wang & C. J. Chen

Wilmot-Dear, C. M. & Friis, I., 2013, The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision, Blumea 58 (2), pp. 85-216 : 121

b. var. podocarpa (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang & C.J.Chen — Fig. 8d–h ; Map 11

Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. var. podocarpa (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang & C.J.Chen in Chen et al. (2003) 168. ― Boehmeria blinii H.Lév. var. podocarpa W.T. Wang (1981a) 323. ― Type: Masamune 827 (not traced), Taiwan, Xindien, 19 June 1930.

Boehmeria blinii H.Lév.(1913) 551. ― Boehmeria wattersii (Hance) B.L.Shih & Yuen P.Yang var. blinii (H.Lév.) B.L.Shih & Yuen P.Yang (1998) 151. ― Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. var. blinii (H.Lév.) C.J.Chen in Chen et al. (2003) 168. ― Type: Esquirol 940 (holo P, not traced), China, Guizhou, Potchang, Aug. 1908.

Boehmeria wattersii (Hance) B.L.Shih & Yuen P.Yang (1998) 150. ― Pilea wattersii Hance (1885) 327. ― Type: Watters in herb Hance 22296 (holo BM, photo K), Taiwan, Tam Sui, Apr. 1882 .

Stem and petioles sometimes hairy, hairs sparse (to abundant), fine, weak. Leaves narrowly ovate, small to medium, 7–15 by 2–4.5 cm, length 2.2–4 × width; margin crenate or bluntly ( China rarely sharply) serrate, teeth 0.5–1 by c. 4 mm; leaf apex gradually long-attenuate to indistinctly long-acuminate; base rounded to slightly cuneate or slightly cordate; upper lateral veins often prominent, mostly 4–5 at least on abaxial side, lowermost always arising in lower quarter to third so that lateral veins are spaced ± throughout leaf, coarser scalariform tertiary veins not markedly prominent. Male flower­clusters with 20–30 flowers; female inflorescence-bearing axes erect and often robust in basal part, pendulous only near apex, 20– 25 cm long, much-branched, lateral branches often once-branched again, but main axis with a long basal region (up to 0.5 × total axis length) which is unbranched and naked (i.e., without nodes bearing clusters).

Distribution ― Burma, southern China (including Taiwan), northern Thailand, Indonesia (Jawa), Philippines (Luzon).

Habitat & Ecology ― Forest, especially dense montane forest, sometimes on exposed rocky outcrops within forest; (100–) 300–1400 m altitude.

Note ― See under the species as a whole.

Figures

Map 11 Distribution of Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. var. podocarpa (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang & C.J.Chen (●) and intermediates between var. zollingeriana and var. podocarpa (ä).

Fig. 8 a–c: Boehmeria zollingeriana Wedd. var. zollingeriana. a. Habit of plant with female inflorescence-bearing axes; b. leaf; c. winged fruiting perianth. — d–h: Boehmeria zollingeriana var. podocarpa (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang & C.J.Chen. d. Habit of plant with axillary male flower-clusters (inflorescences) on main stem and branched inflorescence-bearing axes with female clusters (inflorescences); e. detail of stem with stipule and pair of male flower-clusters (inflores- cences), flowers pedicellate; f. male bud; g. detail of female axis with three flower-clusters (inflorescences); h. unwinged fruiting perianth (a: Winit 1422; b, c: Henry 12541A; d–f: Ford 33; g, h: Collett 922; all K). — Scale bars: a = 5 cm; b, d = 2 cm; c, f, h = 1 mm; e, g = 2 mm.