Styracaceae
Melliodendron

Melliodendron xylocarpum Hand.-Mazz.

First published in Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 109 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Bulletin

  • Bonner, F. T. (2008). Halesia carolina L. (‘Carolina silverbell’). In: F. T. Bonner & R. P. Karrfalt (eds), The Woody Plant Seed Manual, pp. 580 – 581. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hamden, Connecticut.
  • Chun, W. Y. (1940). Flora of Kwangtung and S. E. China, III. In: W. Y. Chun (ed.), Sunyatsenia 4 (3 – 4): 257.
  • Fritsch, P. W., Morton, C. M., Chen, T. & Meldrum C. (2001). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Styracaceae. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 162 (6 Suppl.): 95 – 116.
  • Handel-Mazzetti, H. (1922). Plantae novae sinenses, diagnosibus brevibus descriptae a Dre. Henr. Handel-Mazzetti (17. Fortsetzung). Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 6: 101 – 112 [Melliodendron pp. 109 – 110].
  • Handel-Mazzetti, H. (1936). Melliodendron. In: Symbolae Sinicae 7: 804 – 805. Verlag Von Julius Springer, Wien.
  • Hu, H. H. & Chien, H. Y. (1935). Icones Plantarum Sinicarum. 4: 47, pl. 197. Commercial Press, Shanghai.
  • Hu, H. H. (1934). Notulae Systematicae ad Florem Sinensium. Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 5: 305 – 318.
  • Hu, H. H. (1963). Notulae ad Floram Silvaticam Sinensim (I). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 197 – 201. [In Chinese].
  • Huang, Y. L., Fritsch, P. W. & Shi, S. H. (2003). A revision of the imbricate group of Styrax series Cyrta (Styracaceae) in Asia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90 (4): 491 – 553.
  • Hwang, S. M. & Grimes, J. (1996). Melliodendron. In: C. Y. Wu & P. H. Raven (eds), Flora of China, 15: 265 – 266. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Hwang, S. M. (1980). A preliminary study on the family Styracaceae from China. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 154 – 167. [In Chinese].
  • Hwang, S. M. (1987a). Melliodendron. In: F. H. Chen & T. L. Wu (eds), Flora of Guangdong, 1: 381 – 382. Guangdong Science and Technology Publishing House, Guangzhou.
  • Hwang, S. M. (1987b). Melliodendron. In: Y. F. Wu & S. M. Hwang (eds), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, Science Press, Beijing.
  • Hwang, S. M. (2011). Melliodendron. In: S. G. Li (ed.), Flora of Guangxi, 3: 731 – 733. Guangxi Science and Technology Publishing House, Nangning.
  • Li, S. R. (2014). Propagation technology of Melliodendron xylocarpum. Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing.
  • Liu, J. Q. (1989). Melliodendron. In: L. G. Lin (ed.), Flora Fujianica 4: 349 – 350. Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fuzhou.
  • Lobdell, M. S. (2013). Styrax in Cultivation: Evaluation of an under represented ornamental genus. University of Delaware, Newark.
  • Tai, F. T. & Pan, T. C. (1981). Melliodendron. In: W. P. Fang (ed.), Flora Sichuanica 1: 410 – 411. Sichuan People Press, Chengdu.
  • Yang, L. (1985). Melliodendron. In: Y. K. Li (ed.), Flora Guizhouensis, 2: 529. Guizhou People Press, Guiyang.
  • Yu, Z. X. (1999). New Taxa of the Flowering Plants from Jiangxi. Acta Agric. Univ. Jiangxi. 21: 387 – 388.
  • Zheng, C. Z. (1989). Melliodendron. In: Y. Y. Fang (ed.), Flora of Zhejiang 5: 87. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bai-Zhong, X. [3951] China K001607052 No

Sources

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