Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and the USA. He also played a role in the development of the tea industry in India in the 19th century.
Koelreuteria paniculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to eastern Asia. It was introduced in Europe in 1747, and to America in 1763, and has become a popular landscape tree worldwide. Common names include goldenrain tree, pride of India, China tree, and the varnish tree.
Charles Sprague Sargent was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published several works of botany. The standard botanical author abbreviation Sarg. is applied to plants he identified.
Zanthoxylum is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the family Rutaceae that are native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. It is the type genus of the tribe Zanthoxyleae in the subfamily Rutoideae. Several of the species have yellow heartwood, to which their generic name alludes. Several species are cultivated for their use as spices, notably including Sichuan pepper.
Alfred Rehder was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is generally regarded as the foremost dendrologist of his generation.
Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson, better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable British plant collector and explorer who introduced a large range of about 2000 Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.
Rehderodendron is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Styracaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southwestern China south to Myanmar and Vietnam.
Hilliardia is a monotypic genus of South African flowering plants in the daisy family. It only contains one known species, Hilliardia zuurbergensis(Oliv.) B.Nord.
Buddleja × alataRehder & E.H.Wilson is endemic to western Sichuan, China, growing at elevations of 1,300–3,000 m; it was first described and named by Rehder and Wilson in 1913. Leeuwenberg found the plant to be such a perfect intermediate of Buddleja albiflora and Buddleja nivea as to consider it a hybrid of the two species.
Tournaya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It just contains one species, Tournaya gossweileri(Baker f.) A.Schmitz
Castanea henryi, Henry chestnut, Henry's chestnut, or Chinese chinquapin, pearl chestnut, and in Chinese: 锥栗, zhui li, is a species of chestnut native to south-central and southeast China. A tree reaching 30 m, it is a source of good timber, but has smaller nuts than its size might suggest. Like its close relative Castanea mollissima it is widely cultivated in China, and quite a few varieties have been developed in recent times.
Quercus aquifolioides is a species of oak native to south-central China and Tibet. It is in the subgenus Cerris, section Ilex. It is a shrub or small tree adapted to high elevations.
Torricellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae.
Whytockia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Iljinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It only contains one species, Iljinia regelii(Bunge) Korovin ex Iljin
Fortunearia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It just contains one species, Fortunearia sinensisRehder & E.H.Wilson, a shrub or tree native to southern and north-central China.
Majidea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.
Nayariophyton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It only contains one known species, Nayariophyton zizyphifolium(Griff.) D.G.Long & A.G.Mill.
Sinolimprichtia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It just contains one species, Sinolimprichtia alpina.
Shiuyinghua is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Paulowniaceae. The only species is Shiuyinghua silvestrii.
