Schima

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Schima
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flowers and leaves of Schima wallichii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Theaceae
Genus: Schima
Reinw. ex Blume (1823)
Species

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Schima is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the tea family, Theaceae. [1]

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The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. There are about 30 species, 21 species distributed in China (six endemic [1] ), among which Schima superba is the most common. [2]

Fossil record

Fossil fruits of Schima have been described as †Schima nanlinensis, from the Miocene of Nanlin Formation in Longchuan Basin, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The fossil fruits are 5-loculed capsules with flat reniform seeds. The genus Schima is known as fossils from the Palaeogene and Neogene of Germany and Austria. †Schima nanlinensis represents the first fossil record of the genus in Asia. [3]

Species

As of March 2025, the following species are accepted: [4]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Schima argentea - Quarryhill Botanical Garden - DSC03749.JPG Schima argentea E.Pritz. 1900China (Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar, Vietnam
Schima arunachaleana H.B.Naithani & Kishwan 2023India (Arunachal Pradesh)
Schima brevifolia (13883671177).jpg Schima brevifolia (Hook.f.) Baill. ex Stapf 1893Borneo
Schima brevipedicellata Hung T.Chang 1983China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam
Schima crenata Korth. 1841Cambodia, China (Hainan), Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam
Schima khasiana Dyer 1874China (Xizang, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam
Schima lobbii (Hook.f.) Pierre 1887Borneo
Schima mertensiana (Siebold & Zucc.) Koidz. 1930Ogasawara-shoto
Schima multibracteata Hung T.Chang 1983China (Guangxi)
Schima noronhae Reinw. ex Blume 1825China (Yunnan), Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Schima parviflora Hung T.Chang & W.C.Cheng 1983China (Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan)
Schima remotiserrata Hung T.Chang 1983China (Fujian, Guangdong, E Guangxi, S Hunan, Jiangxi)
Schima sericans (Hand.-Mazz.) T.L.Ming 1997China (Xizang, Yunnan)
Schima sinensis (Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson) Airy Shaw 1936China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
Mu He (He Shu ) Schima superba -Xiang Gang Gong Yuan Hong Kong Park- (9227096799).jpg Schima superba Gardner & Champ. 1849China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang), Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
Schima villosa Hu 1938China (Yunnan)
Schima wallichii - San Francisco Botanical Garden - DSC09820.JPG Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Xizang, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

References

  1. 1 2 Tianlu Min & Bruce Bartholomew. "Schima". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ 张 蕊, 王舒琪 (2020-01-13). "木上荷花：生物防火卫士" (in Chinese). www.forestry.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  3. ↑ Fruits of Schima (Theaceae) and seeds of Toddalia (Rutaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan Province, China by Ya Li, Jian Yang, Nilamber Awasthi and Cheng-Sen Li in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193:119–127 · June 2013
  4. ↑ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. 1999-10-12. Retrieved 2025-03-16.


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