Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zucc.) Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Hubei

• Locality

  Shennongjia Forest District: along Miaogou canyon.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1800 m. (5906 ft.)

• Coordinates

  31.5, 110.5

• Location Notes

  [Northern Asia]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition
to Western Hubei Province
People’s Republic of China
Swertia bimaculata (Sieb. & Zucc.l
Hooker & Thomson
Shennongjia Forest District (31°3(KN; 110°30/E):
along Miaogou canyon. Elevation ca.
1800 m. In moist, rocky soil along
road at base of outcrops. Calyx green;
corolla pale green without, nearly
white within, with two, green, concave
nectaries basally and tiny purple
dots distally.
1980 Sino-Amer. Exped. No. 228 28 August 1980
Participants: B. Bartholomew (uc); D. E. Boufford (cm); 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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