Calycanthaceae
Chimonanthus

Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 66 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. China. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 7: 1-499. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Hsu, H. et al. (1986). Oriental Materia Medica; a Concise Guide. Oriental Healing Arts Institute, California, USA.
  • Li, B. & Bartholomew, B. (2011). Calycanthaceae: Chimonanthus praecox. In: Flora of China. (Accessed 11 February 2011).
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (2008). Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1.
  • Zhang, J.-W., Gao, J.-M., Xu, T., Zhang, X.-C., Ma. Y.-T., Jarussophon, S., & Konishi, Y. (2009). Antifungal activity of alkaloids from the seeds of Chimonanthus praecox. Chem. Biodivers. 6: 838–845.
  • Zhao, K.-G. et al. (2007). Genetic diversity and discrimination of Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link germplasm using ISSR and RAPD markers. Hort. Sci. 42: 1144-1148.
  • Zhao, Z. (2004). An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Baptist University.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 8, 1987 Forrest, G. [7366], Yunnan K000681372 Yes
11876.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7251] K001127013 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7251] K001127014 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000681371 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0