Biology:Ormosia hosiei

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Short description: Species of legume

Ormosia hosiei
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Ormosia
Species:
O. hosiei
Binomial name
Ormosia hosiei
Hemsley & E.H.Wilson
Synonyms

Ormosia taiana C.Y.Chiao

Ormosia hosiei is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.

Attributes

It is a large tree, up to 20–30 metres (66–98 ft) tall.[2] It is only found in eastern and central China (in Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, SE Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang provinces). It is becoming rare due to habitat loss and over-harvesting. The natural habitat of this species is in low-elevation broadleaved forest.[1] It is under second-class national protection.[3]

Naming

This plant is named after Alexander Hosie, the British consul-general to China who amassed large botanical collections in China and subsequently sent to Kew Gardens, London.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ormosia hosiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T32432A9706557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32432A9706557.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32432/9706557. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Hang Sun; Michael A. Vincent. "Ormosia hosiei". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012244. 
  3. "National key protected wild plants (first batch)". Nature Reserve of China. 2004-07-10. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413223605/http://www.nre.cn/htm/04/bhqsj/2004-07-10-12808.htm. 
  4. Anne S. Troelstra (2016). Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives. p. 210. 

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