Rhodoleia championii

Rhodoleia championii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Hamamelidaceae
Subfamilia: Exbucklandioideae
Genus: Rhodoleia
Species: Rhodoleia championii

Name

Rhodoleia championii Hook., Bot. Mag. 76: t. 4509 (1850), as 'Championi'

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rhodoleia ovalifolia Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 75: 33 (1917); not accepted by Turner (1995) [cited as R. championii]
    • Syntypes:
      • [L. Wray &] H.C. Robinson (K {K000501080^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, K000501081^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}} [numbered as 5506, dated 10 July 1905]; Iso[syn]type: SING [​SING0067389^(JSTOR), numbered as 5482, dated 7 July 1905]).
      • H.N. Ridley [16028] ([July 1911]; K [​K000501089^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], SING [​SING0234531^(JSTOR)]).
    • Type locality: [Malaysia.] Pahang: Gunong Tahan.
• Rhodoleia formosa Champ. ex Hance, Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walp.) 3(5): 842 (1852)
• Rhodoleia teysmannii Miq., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 6: 123 (1857); not accepted by Turner (1995) [cited as R. championii]
• Rhodoleia subcordata Exell, Sunyatsenia 1: 101 (1933)
• Rhodoleia latiovatifolia G.A.Fu, Guihaia 11(3): 208–209 (1991); not accepted by Zhang et al. (2003) [cited as R. championii]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou) [​fide Zhang et al. (2003)], Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong) [fide Zhang et al. (2003)]. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Laos, Myanmar [fide IUCN (1998) et Zhang et al. (2003), but see Notes], Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

• Zhang et al. (2003) warn that records of this species from outside China must be treated carefully as collectors have noted on similarity of its foliage to that of Rhododendron.
• Lao occurrence is represented by M.F. Newman [et al.] LAO 1431 (collected in Khammouane province; deposited at E [​E00416074^(GBIF)]).

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1850. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXVI [= Vol. VI of the third series.] pp. 4486–4553. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 76: t. 4509.

Additional references

• Ridley, H.N. 1917. New and Rare Malayan Plants. Series IX. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 75: 5–38. BHL Reference page. 
• Turner, I.M. 1995. A Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1–346. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 266]
• Lê, T.C. 2003. Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam, Vol. 2. 1203 pp. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp. (Vietnamese)
• Zhang, Z.-Y., Zhang, H.-d. & Endress, P.K. 2003. Rhodoleia championii. Pp. in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 9: Pittosporaceae through Connaraceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-14-8. efloras Reference page. 
• Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. 2007. A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR. 394 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-906129-04-0. PDF. Reference page.  [see page 163]

Links

• IUCN: Rhodoleia championii Hook. (Least Concern) - Last assessed by World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1998.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhodoleia championii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Rhodoleia championii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 October 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. October. Rhodoleia championii. Published online. Accessed: 7 October.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Rhodoleia championii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 October 2021.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhodoleia championii. Accessed: 2023 November 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rhodoleia championii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 24. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hong Kong rose
Tiếng Việt: Hồng quang
粵語: 紅苞木
中文: 红花荷

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