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chinense

Taxon

Loropetalum chinense (R.Br.) Oliv.

Protologue Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23(3): 459. 1862 [13 Nov 1862]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 261.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 261.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 264.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 264.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 258.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 258.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 262.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 262.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 265.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 265.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 263.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 263.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 257.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 257.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 260.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 260.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 266.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 266.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 259.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 259.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Loropetalum chinense--CA. Los Angeles St. and County Arbor. Apr 74. 003.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. Los Angeles St. and County Arbor. Apr 74. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Loropetalum chinense--CA. Los Angeles St. and County Arbor.  May 75. 001.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. Los Angeles St. and County Arbor. May 75. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 192.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 192.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 191.jpg

Loropetalum chinense, 94.0755--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 191.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 202.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 202.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 205.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 205.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 206.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 206.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 204.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 204.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 203.jpg

Loropetalum chinense--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 203.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into Arkansas (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 13, 2003

Location

United States, Idaho, Idaho (Apolo, Mathias Botanical Garden)

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Los Angeles. UCLA campus, Westwood

Collectors

No collectors specified

94.0755

February 10, 2004

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

April 1, 1977

Location

United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia

Collectors

No collectors specified

94.0755

December 7, 2006

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Hamamelidaceae

Genus

Loropetalum

Specific Epithet

chinense

Authorship

(R.Br.) Oliv.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 21.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#22,245 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →