Machilus wangchiana is a tree of the Lauraceae family and is an avocado species endemic to China.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Machilus |
| Species: | M. wangchiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Machilus wangchiana | |
It was described in 1953 by the botanist Woon Young Chun in 1953 and was published in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.[1] 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.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Machilus wangchiana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ 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.