Bhesa sinica

Bhesa sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Centroplacaceae
Genus: Bhesa
Species: B. sinica
Binomial name
Bhesa sinica
(H.T. Chang & S.Y. Liang) H.T. Chang & S.Y. Liang

Bhesa sinica is an evergreen tree with buttressed trunk in the Centroplacaceae family.[2] It is endemic to China, being only known from the coast of Guanxi. Only three mature trees and a few saplings are known to exist in the wild.[3]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Bhesa sinica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. Jin-shuang Ma & Michele Funston. "Bhesa sinica". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. Mo, Zhu-cheng; FAN Hang-qing; LI Lei-xian; CENG Cong (2008). "The surviving situation and restorative counter-measures of endangered plant Bhesa sinica". Journal of Guangxi Academy of Sciences. 2008-02. Retrieved 24 February 2013.


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