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Sinojackia xylocarpa

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Sinojackia xylocarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Styracaceae
Genus: Sinojackia
Species:
S. xylocarpa
Binomial name
Sinojackia xylocarpa
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Sinojackia xylocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. It is endemic to eastern China in Jiangsu province, where it occurs at altitudes of 500–800 m. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2][1]

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 7 m tall, with a trunk up to 10 cm diameter. The leaves are alternate, simple, with a serrated margin and a 5 mm petiole; they are mostly 3–9 cm long and 2–5 cm broad and obovate to elliptic, but the leaves subtending inflorescences are smaller, 2–5 cm long and 1–2 cm broad. The inflorescences are 3–5 cm long, bearing three to five flowers with five petals.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Sinojackia xylocarpa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32374A9701730. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32374A9701730.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Flora of China: Sinojackia xylocarpa