Rhaphiolepis bibas (Lour.) Galasso & Banfi
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Rhaphiolepis bibas (Lour.) Galasso & Banfi (2020)
Rhaphiolepis bibas (Lour.) Galasso & Banfi
Nomenclature
(Lour.) Galasso & Banfi
Lour.
Galasso & Banfi
2020
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Rhaphiolepis bibas
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Tree up to 8 m high when mature; trunk well developed; primary stems erect; secondary stems spreading; young stems stout, white-tomentose; older stems with prominent lf scars, becoming greyish brown and transversely calloused. Lvs near branch tips; petiole c. 15 mm long, stout; blade oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 150-350-(400) × 75-100-(130) mm, acute, tapering to cuneate or slightly auriculate base, very coriaceous, ± rugose, dark green and glossy above, thinly grey- or brown-tomentose below (very young lvs completely brown-tomentose), serrate at least in upper 1/2 (sometimes obscurely); stipules long-triangular, ± attenuate, pilose. Infl. of many fls; pedicels 5-8 mm long, brownish tomentose. Sepals fused for most of length; lobes 2-4 mm long, brown-tomentose. Petals white or ivory, oblong, c. 7-8 × 3-4 mm, shallowly emarginate. Fr. pyriform to broadly ellipsoid-oblong or subglobose, up to 50 × 35 mm; skin yellow, ± tomentose; flesh sweet.
Taxonomic concepts
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Rhaphiolepis bibas (Lour.) Galasso & Banfi
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
Rhaphiolepis bibas (Lour.) Galasso & Banfi
Rhaphiolepis bibas
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18 August 2020
18 August 2020