Lithocarpus polystachyus (Wall. ex A.DC.) Rehder

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Hubei

• Locality

  Shennongjia Forest District: SE side of watershed divide between the Chang Jiang (Yangtse) and Hanjiang rivers; near 73 km from Xingshan Xian.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1450 - 1600 m. (4757 - 5249 ft.)

• Coordinates

  31.5, 110.5

• Location Notes

  [Northern Asia]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

1980 §ino-American Botanical Expedition
to Western Hubei Province
People’s Republic of China
Lithocarpus polystachyus (Wallich ex DC.)
Rehder
Shennongjia Forest District (31°3(KN; 110°30/E):
SE side of watershed divide of
Changjiang (Yangtse) and Hanjiang
Rivers; near km 73 from Xingshan Xian;
vicinity of Mayuping Forest Brigade.
Elevation 1450-1600 m. Evergreen
tree ca. 10 m tall; d.b.h. 40 cm;
bark dark maroon. Young fruit
green-yel lcwish.
1980 Sino-Amcr. Exped. No. 1126 7 Septenber 1980
Participants: B. Bartholomew (uc); D. E. Boufford (om); A. L.
Chang (kun); Z. Cheng (wuhan inst. bot.); T. R. Dudley
(na); S. A. He (nas); Y. X. Jin (wuhan inst. bot.); O. Y. Li
(wh); J. L. Luteyn (ny); S. A. Spongberg (a); Y. C. Tang
(pe); J. X. Wan (wuhan inst. bot.); and T. S. Ying (pe).
Expedition conducted under the auspices of Academia Sinica & the
Botanical Society of America with funding by Academia Sinica &
support from the National Geographic Society.
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