Machilus wangchiana (or Machilus wangchianus) is a tree of the Lauraceae family and is an avocado species endemic to China. It is native to Guizhou, Guangxi, and Guangdong provinces in southern China.[2]
| Machilus wangchiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Machilus |
| Species: | M. wangchiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Machilus wangchiana | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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It was described in 1953 by the botanist Woon Young Chun in 1953 and was published in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.[2] It has two synonyms; Persea wangchiana and Persea kadooriei which was described by the botanist André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1981 as published in Journal of South African Botany.[3][4]
References
edit- ↑ de Kok, R. (2024). "Machilus wangchiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T175597715A175598016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T175597715A175598016.en. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Machilus wangchianus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ↑ Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (January 1981). "An Interesting New Species of Persea...etc". Journal of South African Botany. 47 (1): 107–129.
- ↑ "Persea kadooriei Kosterm". World Flora Online. Retrieved 18 September 2022.