Changiostyrax
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Changiostyrax, is a monotypic genus of flowering plant
in the family Styracaceae
. Its only member species is Changiostyrax dolichocarpa
, formerly known as Sinojackia dolichocarpa.
It is endemic to central China
in Hunan
province, where it occurs at altitudes of 400–500 m. It is threatened by habitat loss. An exhaustive survey of its range during the decade from 1995 to 2005 revealed only six extant populations, one of which has since been destroyed.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the family Styracaceae
Styracaceae
Styracaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, containing 11 genera and about 160 species of trees and shrubs. The family occurs in warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
. Its only member species is Changiostyrax dolichocarpa
Changiostyrax dolichocarpa
Changiostyrax dolichocarpa, formerly known as Sinojackia dolicocarpa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. It is the only species in the genus Changiostyrax, as revised by C.T.Chen in 1995....
, formerly known as Sinojackia dolichocarpa.
It is endemic to central China
China
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in Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
province, where it occurs at altitudes of 400–500 m. It is threatened by habitat loss. An exhaustive survey of its range during the decade from 1995 to 2005 revealed only six extant populations, one of which has since been destroyed.