Changiostyrax

Changiostyrax
Sinojackia dolichocarpa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Styracaceae
Genus: Changiostyrax
Species: C. dolichocarpa
Binomial name
Changiostyrax dolichocarpa
(C.J.Qi) C.T.Chen

Changiostyrax, is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. Its only member species is Changiostyrax dolichocarpa, formerly known as Sinojackia dolichocarpa.[1]

It is endemic to central China in Hunan province, where it occurs at altitudes of 400–500 m. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2][3] An exhaustive survey of its range during the decade from 1995 to 2005 revealed only six extant populations, one of which has since been destroyed.[4]

References

  1. ^ Guihaia 1995
  2. ^ Flora of China: Sinojackia dolichocarpa
  3. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998: Sinojackia dolichocarpa
  4. ^ New Phytologist 2007

Chen CT. 1995. Changiostyrax, a new genus of Styracaceae from china. Guijaia 15: 289-292.

Yao X., Qigang Y., Kang M. and H. Huang. 2007. Microsatellite analysis reveals interpopulation differentiation and gene flow in the endangered tree Changiostyrax dolichocarpa (Styracaceae) with fragmented distribution in central China. New Phytologist 176: 472-480.

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