English translation (part 2) of Zheng M and Min T, Buxaceae, (1980) in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae: Tomus 45(1). Beijing: Science Press

Title
English translation (part 2) of Zheng M and Min T, Buxaceae, (1980) in Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae: Tomus 45(1). Beijing: Science Press
Publication Date
1991
Author(s)
Tasker, Isabel
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-7180
Email: itasker@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:itasker
Carter, Robyn
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
American Boxwood Society
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:21563
Abstract
5. 'Buxus myrica' Figure 6: 1 - 6 ... var. 'myrica'. SHRUB, height 1- 3 m; BRANCHES terete; BRANCHLETS slender, quadrangular (or the uppennost twigs may appear roundish dueto the edges of the outer two opposite sides extend to embrace each other), inner two sides pubescent. LEAVES thinly coriaceous or coriacerus, oblonglanceclate or narrowly-lanceolate, 3 -7 cm long, width (0.8 - )1 - 2 cm (rarely elliptical or elliptical-oblong, width up to 2.7 cm), apex acute, acuminate, or obtuse, with a shallow indentation or with a small point protruding, base cuneate, margin curves slightly downwards, midrib protrudes on both sides of the leaf, lateral veins and veinlets commonly clear on both sides, denser and more obvious on the upper leaf surface (there are also cases where the lateral veins are barely visible on the surface, and the lateral veins and veinlets are not clear on the back of the leaf), midrib on the leaf surface and petiole both covered in minute fine hairs; PETIOLE 1 - 3 mm long. INFLORESCENCE axillary, initially 5 mm long, main pedicel very short, extends after flowering, after the male flower has dropped the rachis becomes clavate, sepals ovate, acute, 2 mm long, rachis and sepals pubescent; MALE FLOWERS: about 10, pedicel 1- 1.5 mm long, piliferous, sepals ovate, 2 - 2.5 mm long, glabrous, rudimentary pistil quadrangular, less than 1 mm high; FEMALE FLOWER: sepals ovate or ovate-elliptical, 3 mm. long. margins commonly scarious, ovary 1.5 mm. long, style flat and wide, 3.5 - 4 mm. long, apex bends outwards, or circinate, stigma narrowly-oblanceolate, decurrent to the centre of the style or lower. CAPSULE almost spherical, 0.8 - 1 cm. long, persistent style 4 - 5 mm. long, oblique, carpopodium 5 - 7 mm. long (sometimes as long as 10 mm.), with many bracts above. Flowering period January - February or March - May, fruiting period May - June or July - September.
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Citation
Boxwood Bulletin, 30(4), p. 67-74
ISSN
0006-8535
Start page
67
End page
74

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