Zanthoxylum scandens is a species of woody plant in the family Rutaceae.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Zanthoxylum scandens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species:
Z. scandens
Binomial name
Zanthoxylum scandens
Synonyms
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  • Fagara scandens (Blume) Engl.
  • Fagara chinensis Merr.
  • Fagara cuspidata (Champ. ex Benth.) Engl.
  • Fagara cyrtorhachia Hayata
  • Fagara laxifoliolata Hayata
  • Fagara leiorhachia Hayata
  • Zanthoxylum chinense (Merr.) T.H.Chung
  • Zanthoxylum cuspidatum Champ. ex Benth.
  • Zanthoxylum cyrtorbachium (Hayata) C.C.Huang
  • Zanthoxylum laxifoliolatum (Hayata) C.C.Huang
  • Zanthoxylum leiorhachium (Hayata) C.C.Huang
  • Zanthoxylum liukiuense Hayata

Description

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Zanthoxylum scandens is a woody plant, observed as a shrub or woody climber.[1] It has a self-supporting growth form, with individual plants growing up to 24 metres (79 feet).[4] Prickles can be found on its trunks, branches, branchlets, and leaf rachises.[1] Flowers are tetramerous, with a perianth in two series.[1] It sepals have been found as pale purplish green in color, ovate in shape, and about 0.5 millimetres (0.020 inches) in size.[1] Male flowers have four stamens, are about three to four millimeters in size, and have a spot at their apex.[1] Female flowers have three carpels with ligulate staminodes.[1] Fruit follicles have been observed as purplish red in color, but grayish brown to black when dry.[1] Seeds are about four to five millimeters in diameter.[1] The species typically flowers from March to May, and fruits from to July to August.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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Zanthoxylum scandens is found in China (southern Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,[1] Taiwan and Vietnam.[3]

Its preferred habitats are lowland forests, open forests, and thickets from an elevation at near sea level to 1,500 metres (4,921 feet).[1]


Taxonomy

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The species was first published in Carl Ludwig von Blume's Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie in 1825[2] and is widely accepted as a valid species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Zanthoxylum scandens in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org Home. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Zanthoxylum scandens". International Plant Names Index (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Zanthoxylum scandens Blume - Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. July 1, 1965. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Zanthoxylum scandens Bl. - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Tropicos". Tropicos (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "Zanthoxylum scandens Blume". The Plant List. April 18, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2021.