生活型

shrub

形態特徵

• Deciduous shrubs, 1–2 m tall.
• Leaves chartaceous, thin, cruciately arranged towards apex of branches, obovate, 6–12 mm long, 3–5 mm broad, base acute, apex rounded to obtuse, entire, slightly reflexed, glabrous on both surfaces, upper surface dark, lower surface pale, midrib and veins impressed on upper surface, slightly raised on lower surface, reticulations inconspicuous on lower surface; petiole 1–2 mm long.
• Flowers in pairs, ovaries connate; peduncle axillary, solitary, slender, 5–14 mm long, glabrous, subtended by 1- or 2-paired bracts; calyx 5-lobed, lobes cupuliform to triangular-ovate, 1–2 mm long; stamens 5, attached to corolla throat; style pubescent; ovary 2-celled, ovule 1 per cell.
• Fruit globose, black, ca. 3 mm across.

分布

• 台灣 : High mountains of the central range at 3,000–3,900 m.

引證標本

ILAN: Nanhutashan, Suzuki, Fukuyama & Simada 17484. MIAOLI: Chiuchiu lodge to Tapachienshan, C. I. Peng 8540. HSINCHU: Tapachienshan, C. Y. Li 20. TAICHUNG: Hsuehshan, S. T. Chiu 1989; Tsikaoshan, T. C. Huang & C. F. Hsieh 7230; . NANTOU: Shihmenshan, S. T. Chiu, J. N. Chen & C. H. Chu 2975. CHIAYI: Yushan, S. T. Chiu 2411. KAOHSIUNG: Kuanshan, T. Y. A. Yang et al. 7423; Fukuyama s. n. 1935. TAITUNG: Hsiangyangshan, S. T. Chiu, C. H. Chu & C. M. Chao 2933. HUALIEN: Chungyangchienshan, Suzuki & Fukuyama 15063.

參考文獻

• YANG, Kuoh-Cheng and CHIU, Shau-Ting, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 746. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)