Zanthoxylum liboense
| Zanthoxylum liboense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. liboense
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| Binomial name | |
| Zanthoxylum liboense Huang
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Zanthoxylum liboense (Chinese: 荔波花椒 (Pinyin: lì bō huā jiāo) is a plant in the Rutaceae family.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Description[edit]
Z. liboense is a shrub or climbing vine that reaches 1.5 meters high. The branchlets and leaf shafts have many hooks and short spines. Its biennial branches are brown-black with fine longitudinal wrinkles and short hairs. The leaf shafts are round and pubescent with the inflorescence shaft and petiole. The leaves have 5-9 leaflets. The leaflets are nearly opposite or alternate, thin leathery, entire, ovoid or elliptical, 6–8 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, round base, acuminate or short apex at the top, symmetrical on both sides, the back of the leaf is short-haired. The midrib is flat on the leaf surface, while the upper half is slightly concave, puberulent. Leaflets have 10 lateral veins on each side -13; small petioles are 2–5 mm long.
The flowers have not been seen. Infructescence axillary, 3–4 cm long, the fruit sequence axis is slender than the petiole; the fruit stalk is 6–10 mm long; each fruit is composed of 4 lobules, densely pubescent when young, and sparsely hairs when mature. The diameter of a single branch is 7–8 mm, and the oil spot is not obvious. The awn tip on the top side is 1-1.5 mm long, and it is dark brown and black when dried; the seed diameter is 5–6 mm. Fruiting period from August to September.
Habitat[edit]
It is native to Libo, Guizhou, China. It is found in the shaded forests or bushes of valleys at an altitude of about 730 meters.[2][3][7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Zanthoxylum liboense C.C.Huang | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
- ^ a b "雷波花椒 Zanthoxylum liboense C. C. Huang". 中國植物志. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ a b "Zanthoxylum liboense in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ "Zanthoxylum liboense | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org.
- ^ "Zanthoxylum liboense C.C. Huang — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Zanthoxylum liboense C.C. Huang". legacy.tropicos.org.
- ^ a b "Zanthoxylum liboense C. C. Huang - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
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