Biology:Merrilliopanax listeri

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Short description: Species of plant

Merrilliopanax listeri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Merrilliopanax
Species:
M. listeri
Binomial name
Merrilliopanax listeri
(King) H.L.Li[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • H.L.Li King
  • Gilibertia listeri Dendropanax listeri
  • (King) Hand.-Mazz. Merrilliopanax chinensis

Merrilliopanax listeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to the east Himalayas, Nepal, south-central China and Myanmar.[1] It was first described by George King in 1898 as Dendropanax listeri.[2]

Conservation

Merrilliopanax chinensis was assessed as "critically endangered" in the 2004 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Yunnan in China.[3] (As of February 2023), M. chinensis was regarded as a synonym of Merrilliopanax listeri, which has a wider distribution, including the Himalayas and Myanmar.[1]

References

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