Ormosia howii

Ormosia howii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Ormosia
Species: O. howii
Binomial name
Ormosia howii
Merr. & Chen

Ormosia howii, the Hainan ormosia, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family native to southern China. It was initially found on Diaoluo Shan, Hainan Island in 1954 and then in Yangchun, Guangdong in 1957, both times in extremely small populations.[2] The species is now apparently extinct.[1] It was a small tree, 10 metres (33 ft) high, growing in open forests on mountain slopes.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ormosia howii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  2. De-Yuan Hong and Stephen Blackmore (2015). The Plants of China. Cambridge University Press. p. 407. ISBN 1107070171. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  3. Hang Sun & Michael A. Vincent. "Ormosia howii". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 15 May 2012.


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