| English Name | Hance's Viburnum |
|---|---|
| Status in China | Least Concern (LC) |
Description:
Shrubs, up to 2 m tall; young twigs, petioles and peduncles rusty tomentose. Leaves opposite, papery, ovate, suborbicular or elliptic, 4-8 cm long, apex rounded, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin with regular and slightly sinuate teeth except base, covered with yellowish brown tufted appressed hairs; petioles 0.6-1.5 cm long. Thyrses 5-7 cm in diameter, sparsely flowered, with 2-5 white sterile marginal flowers about 2-3 cm in diam.; peduncles 2-4 cm long; fertile flowers yellowish white, corolla c. 3 mm in diam., rotate, lobes ovate, half as long as corolla tubes; stamens nearly as long as corolla, anthers oblong; styles slightly higher than calyx teeth. Fruit red, slightly compressed, 5-6 cm long, 4 mm in diam.
Distribution:
Fanling, Sha Lo Tung, Pat Sin Leng, Lantau Island. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian.
Habitat and Ecology:
In valleys or in thickets. Flowering: Mar.-Apr.
The beautiful white sterile marginal flower of thus species makes it very suitable for cultivation as an ornamental. In Hong Kong, it is very rare, but most of the localities of its occurrence are within Country Parks under protection. Ex-situ conservation measures could be explored.
References:
王漢津，1988：中國植物誌72：63。科學出版社，北京。
黃淑美，2002：廣東植物誌4：295－296。廣東科技出版社，廣州。
