Bischofia polycarpa (H.Lév.) Airy Shaw

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Hubei

• Locality

  Xingshan Xian (Hsien): ca. 1 km W of the Leigutai Hydroeletric Power Station at the confluence of the Jiuchong and Dangyang Rivers

• Elevation

  Alt. 390 m. (1280 ft.)

• Coordinates

  31.08, 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
Bischofia polycarpa (Léveillé) Airy-Shaw
Xingshan Xian (Hsien). (31°05'N; 110°30'E):
ca. 1 km W of the Leigutai Hydroelectric
Power Station at the confluence of the
Jiuchong and Dangyang Rivers. Elevation
ca. 390 meters. Tree ca. 7 m tall;
fruits orangish-brcwn; growing (planted?)
on roadside.
1980 Sino-Amer. Exped. No. 1103
5 September 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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