Daphne brevituba H.F.Zhou ex C.Y.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Daphne

Characteristics

Shrubs evergreen, to 1 m tall. Branches yellowish green, turning brownish or grayish, densely tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, usually clustered at apices of branches; petiole 1-2 mm, glabrous; leaf blade vivid green adaxially, paler abaxially, oblanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 2.5-6 × 0.8-1.6 cm, thinly leathery or papery, both surfaces glabrous, base narrowly cuneate, apex obtuse or rounded, usually slightly retuse; veins 7-11 pairs. Inflorescences terminal, usually 3-5-flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 8-12 × ca. 2.5 mm, pilose, apex rounded. Flowers fragrant; pedicel ca. 1 mm, densely brown tomentose. Calyx white; tube urceolate, 3-5 × ca. 2.5 mm, exterior sparsely tomentose or glabrescent; lobes 4, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 2.5-3.5 mm, apex obtuse or acuminate. Stamens 8, lower whorl inserted at middle of calyx tube, upper whorl in throat; filaments short; anthers broadly ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm. Disk annular, poorly developed, very narrow, margin fimbriate. Ovary oblong-conic, glabrous; style very short; stigma capitate. Drupe red, ovoid, ca. 7 × 5 mm. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Apr-May.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 150 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Distribution

Daphne brevituba world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905926-1
WFO ID wfo-0000637505
COL ID 344QZ
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Synonyms

Daphne brevituba