Pterocarya macroptera Batalin belongs to the Juglandaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Pterocarya, Boufford, D 43722--China. Sichuan. GuoBaiAn to YangLiuPing. 14 May 2014. DSC06781 (92).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Juglandaceae
Genus
Pterocarya
Specific Epithet
macroptera
Authorship
Batalin
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
5/13/2014
Location
China, Sichuan, Ya'an (Baoxing)
30.808889, 102.724444
Location Remarks
Baoxing Xian. N of the city of Baoxing on the Baoxing-Xiaojin Road (state road G210); Xinzhazi Gou (known locally as Mahuang Gou) just N of Jiajin Shan National Forest Park. Clearings and small remnant forest of Populus and Salix, but with planted trees of Pinus, Larix and Picea, in flat areas along rocky stream bed. Entire area severely grazed by animals, mostly goats, and extensively rutted by pigs. 2415-2500 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao
Notes
At edge of river at base of slope. Tree ca. 20 m tall; with both staminate and pistillate catkins; staminate catkins arising from near base of current year's branchlets, dropping easily.
