A newly recorded national key protected plant of Camptotheca acuminate from Shaanxi province
KANG Juqing1, ZHANG Jianqiang1, LI Zhijun2,REN Yi1*
(1 School of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an 710119, Shaanxi, China;2 Shaanxi Taibai Mountain National Nature Reserve administration, Meixian 722300, Shaanxi, China)
Abstract:
We found a newly recorded national key protected plant species (Camptotheca acuminata Decne.) during the survey of state key protected plant species of Shaanxi province. This is as far as we know the northernmost distribution area of this species. The taxonomic features, habitat conditions and pictures of the newly recorded species were provided. At the same time, the taxonomic features and distributions of the two species and the one variant in genus Camptotheca only found in China were compared.Finally,the taxonomic features and systematic changes in APG system of the three genuses, Camptotheca, Nyssa and Davidia in Nyssaceae, were discussed.
KeyWords:
Camptotheca acuminate; Nyssaceae; new records; national key protected plant
