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川黔紫薇Lagerstroemia excelsa (Dode) Chun ex S. Lee et L. Lau

川黔紫薇Lagerstroemia excelsa (Dode) Chun ex S. Lee et L. Lau

别名:贵州紫薇;光皮树;刮皮树;

科名:千屈菜科 Lythraceae

属名:紫薇属 Lagerstroemia

《中国植物志》第52(2)卷104页
  12.川黔紫薇(新拟)图版27:2-7
  Lagerstroemia excelsa (Dode) Chun ex S. Lee et L. Lau comb. nov. ——Orias excelsa Dode in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 56: 232. 1909. ——Lagerstroemia yangii Chun in Sunyatsenia 7: 7. 1948; Furtado et Montien in Gard. Bull. Sing. 24: 279. 1969.
  落叶大乔木,高20-30米,胸径可达1米;树皮灰褐色,成薄片状剥落。叶对生,膜质,椭圆形或阔椭圆形,长7-13厘米,宽3.5-5厘米,顶端突然收缩,阔短尖,基部钝形,两边不等大,边缘波状,上面暗绿色,无毛,下面被柔毛,后来除沿叶脉外其余变无毛,侧脉7-9对,稀达11对,纤细,在两面均凸起,近边缘处分叉而互相连接,网状脉在两面均凸起;叶柄长4-8毫米,扁,被短柔毛。圆锥花序长11-30厘米,宽3-8厘米,分枝具4棱,密被灰褐色星状柔毛;花多而密,细小,簇生状;花(5-) 6基数,花芽近球形,被柔毛;花萼长2毫米,有不明显的脉纹12条,初被星状短柔毛,后变无毛,裂片三角形,与萼筒近等长,内面有毛,顶端具一增厚的小尖头,附属体细小,直立;花瓣黄白色,阔三角状矩圆形,基部偏斜,具长1-1.2毫米的爪;雄蕊6,着生于萼筒近基部,长约6毫米,花药圆形;子房球形,无毛,5-6室,花柱长5.5毫米。蒴果球状卵形,长3.5-5毫米,6裂,种子长不超过3毫米。花期4月,果期7月。
  产贵州(平坝及梵净山)、四川(南川)、湖北(利川);常生于海拔1200-2000米的山谷密林中。
  Orias excelsa Dode系于1909年根据四川东部标本建立,Lagerstroemia yangii Chun系根据贵州平坝标本建立。1956年再经陈焕镛进一步研究,认为两者实为同一种,并在标本上签注,组成新组合。本种除雄蕊数目较少外,其余特征均与紫薇属相同,而紫薇属植物雄蕊的数目是极不固定的。因此,我们认为本种隶属于紫薇属的意见是正确的。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 13 (2007)
Lagerstroemia excelsa  (Dode) Chun ex S. K. Lee & L. F. Lau
川黔紫薇   chuan qian zi wei
Orias excelsa Dode, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 232. 1909; Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne var. ambigua Pampanini; L. excelsa var. ambigua (Pampanini) Furtado & Montien; L. yangii Chun.
Trees, 20-30 m tall. Branchlets terete, sparsely to densely gray pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves mostly opposite; petiole 4-8 mm, pubescent; leaf blade adaxially dark green, elliptic to broadly elliptic, 7-13 × 3.5-5 cm, membranous, abaxially pubescent on veins, adaxially glabrous, lateral vein 7-9 pairs, base acute, apex narrowly to broadly acuminate. Panicles 11-30 cm, densely gray-brown pubescent, densely flowered. Floral tube 6-merous, 2.5-3.5 mm, smooth walled, densely pubescent, glabrescent, with 12 dark veins; sepals 1.5-2 mm, adaxially sparsely puberulous at apex, glabrescent; annulus absent; epicalyx segments minute, ca. 0.3 mm, or absent. Petals yellowish white, ovate, 3-3.5 mm including claw 1-1.2 mm. Stamens (5 or)6-12, dimorphic, 6 antesepalous, also sometimes up to 6 antepetalous. Ovary glabrous. Capsules subglobose to oblong, 3.5-5 × 3-4 mm, (3 or)4-valved. Seeds including wing 3.5-4.8 mm. Fl. Apr, fr. Jul.
● Dense forests in mountain valleys; 1200-2000 m. Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan.

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