Bhesa sinica

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Bhesa sinica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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 Guangxi. Only three mature trees and a few saplings are known to exist in the wild. [3]

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References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Bhesa sinica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T33957A9816654. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33957A9816654.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  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.