Zanthoxylum piasezkii (Chinese: 川陕花椒 Chuān shǎn huājiāo) is a tree from the family Rutaceae. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Zanthoxylum piasezkii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. piasezkii
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum piasezkii

Description

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Zanthoxylum piasezkii are deciduous trees that are typically 10 metres (33 ft) tall.[2]

Shrubs or trees, 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall, all parts glabrous. Stems and branches with brownish red prickles. Leaves 7-17-foliolate; rachis marginate; leaflet blades sessile, orbicular, broadly elliptic, or obovate-rhombic, 3-25 × 3-8 mm, thickly leathery, pale brown to blackish brown when dry, midvein impressed, secondary veins inconspicuous, base symmetric or slightly oblique, margin apically crenate. Inflorescences terminal. Perianth in 2 irregular series or 1 series, with 6-8 ± undifferentiated tepals. Tepals broadly deltoid, ca. 1.5 mm or longer. Male flowers: pedicel 5-8 mm; stamens 5 or 6; connective blackish brown when dry, with oil gland on tip; rudimentary gynoecium projecting outward and cushion-shaped. Female flowers: carpels 2 or 3(or 4); styles recurved. Fruit follicles purplish red, 4-5 mm in diameter, with a few protruding oil glands. Seeds 3-4 mm in diameter. Flowers in May, fruiting in June-July. Found at altitudes of 1,700–2,500 m (5,580–8,200 ft) in the provinces of Southern Gansu, Western Henan, Southern Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

Classification

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The species was published in the Russian journal Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada in 1889.[7][6][2] It would later be accepted in 2008's Flora of China.[3]

References

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  1. Ye, J.F.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Zanthoxylum piasezkii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T152839582A152839584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T152839582A152839584.en.
  2. 1 2 3 "Zanthoxylum piasezkii in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. 1 2 "Zanthoxylum piasezkii Maxim. - Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. "Zanthoxylum piasezkii". The Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  5. "Zanthoxylum piasezkii Maxim". The Plant List. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  6. 1 2 "Tropicos". Tropicos (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  7. "37. Zanthoxylum piasezkii Maximowicz". Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada. 11: 93. 1889.