22 September 2018.
Hubei Sheng, China
Locality: Shennongjia National Park, Guanmenshan. Cultivated in large container at park office. [Note: listed GPS coordinates appear to be incorrect; site at this location is remote from built areas and at a much higher elevation.]
Coordinates: 31.4344, 110.4966
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Elevation: 1184m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Research station or other ex situ site
Environment description: Cultivated in large container.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Associated species: Acer griseum [cultivated]; Buxus sinica var. parvifolia [listed as B. s. var. parviflora; cultivated]; Cercidiphyllum japonicum [cultivated].
Comment: Description: Small broadleaf evergreen shrub. Height 1 m, spread 1.5 m, DBH 5 cm. Bark gray-brown, smooth. Leaves simple, oblong to elliptical, acuminate at tip. Fruit terminal and axillary, in racemes. Seeds and four herbarium specimens collected from one plant. Photographed. All associated taxa are cultivated at this location.