信宜苹婆Sterculia subracemosa Chun et Hsue
信宜苹婆Sterculia subracemosa Chun et Hsue
9．信宜苹婆（植物分类学报）图版33：8-10
Sterculia subracemosa Chun & Hsue in Journ. Arnold Arb. 28: 328. 1947.
灌木，高3.5米；小枝柔弱，干时红褐色，被稀疏的星状短柔毛。叶倒披针形或椭圆状倒卵形，长11-18厘米，宽4-6.5厘米，顶端钝或有短急尖，基部急尖或楔形，两面均无毛，侧脉8-10对，近边缘互相连结，网脉在两面都很明显；叶柄长1.5-2.5厘米，略被短柔毛；叶及叶柄常散生小黑点。总状花序柔弱，长约9厘米，密被淡黄褐色短柔毛；花梗长8-10毫米; 小苞片条状披针形，长2毫米；花白带粉红色或橙红色；萼长13毫米，5裂，外面被短柔毛，内面除裂片的上部外均无毛，裂片卵状披针形，比钟状萼筒略长，边缘略被毛；雄花的雌雄蕊柄纤细；雌花的花药约17个，着生在子房基部，子房圆球形，直径约1.5毫米，密被短柔毛，花柱被毛，柱头5裂。果未见。花期3-4月。
产广东信宜和广西龙津大青山。生于海拔550米的山谷和山坡密林中。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 12 (2007)
Sterculia subracemosa Chun & H. H. Hsue
信宜苹婆 xin yi ping po
Shrubs, ca. 3.5 m tall. Branchlets slender, drying red-brown, sparsely stellate pilose. Leaves simple; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm, minutely puberulent, petiole and leaf blade with black dots; leaf blade oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, 11-18 × 4-6.5 cm, abaxially and adaxially glabrous, with venation apparent, lateral veins 8-10 on each side of midrib, interlinked submarginally, base acute or cuneate, apex obtuse or shortly acute. Inflorescence racemose, slender, ca. 9 cm, densely yellow-brown puberulent. Pedicel 8-10 mm. Epicalyx lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm. Calyx white to pink or orange-red, ca. 13 mm, exterior puberulent, interior hairy only on upper part of segments, tube campanulate, lobes ovate-lanceolate, slightly longer than tube, margins sparsely hairy. Male flowers: androgynophore slender. Female flowers: staminodes ca. 17. Ovary globose, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., densely puberulent; style hairy; stigma 5-divided. Fruits unknown. Fl. Mar-Apr.
● Dense forests in gullies and on slopes; 500-600 m. Guangdong (Xinyi), Guangxi (Daqing Shan).
别名：信宜萍婆;
科名：梧桐科 Sterculiaceae
属名：苹婆属 Sterculia
9．信宜苹婆（植物分类学报）图版33：8-10
Sterculia subracemosa Chun & Hsue in Journ. Arnold Arb. 28: 328. 1947.
灌木，高3.5米；小枝柔弱，干时红褐色，被稀疏的星状短柔毛。叶倒披针形或椭圆状倒卵形，长11-18厘米，宽4-6.5厘米，顶端钝或有短急尖，基部急尖或楔形，两面均无毛，侧脉8-10对，近边缘互相连结，网脉在两面都很明显；叶柄长1.5-2.5厘米，略被短柔毛；叶及叶柄常散生小黑点。总状花序柔弱，长约9厘米，密被淡黄褐色短柔毛；花梗长8-10毫米; 小苞片条状披针形，长2毫米；花白带粉红色或橙红色；萼长13毫米，5裂，外面被短柔毛，内面除裂片的上部外均无毛，裂片卵状披针形，比钟状萼筒略长，边缘略被毛；雄花的雌雄蕊柄纤细；雌花的花药约17个，着生在子房基部，子房圆球形，直径约1.5毫米，密被短柔毛，花柱被毛，柱头5裂。果未见。花期3-4月。
产广东信宜和广西龙津大青山。生于海拔550米的山谷和山坡密林中。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 12 (2007)
Sterculia subracemosa Chun & H. H. Hsue
信宜苹婆 xin yi ping po
Shrubs, ca. 3.5 m tall. Branchlets slender, drying red-brown, sparsely stellate pilose. Leaves simple; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm, minutely puberulent, petiole and leaf blade with black dots; leaf blade oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, 11-18 × 4-6.5 cm, abaxially and adaxially glabrous, with venation apparent, lateral veins 8-10 on each side of midrib, interlinked submarginally, base acute or cuneate, apex obtuse or shortly acute. Inflorescence racemose, slender, ca. 9 cm, densely yellow-brown puberulent. Pedicel 8-10 mm. Epicalyx lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm. Calyx white to pink or orange-red, ca. 13 mm, exterior puberulent, interior hairy only on upper part of segments, tube campanulate, lobes ovate-lanceolate, slightly longer than tube, margins sparsely hairy. Male flowers: androgynophore slender. Female flowers: staminodes ca. 17. Ovary globose, ca. 1.5 mm in diam., densely puberulent; style hairy; stigma 5-divided. Fruits unknown. Fl. Mar-Apr.
● Dense forests in gullies and on slopes; 500-600 m. Guangdong (Xinyi), Guangxi (Daqing Shan).