Title

Distribution of Camptotheca Decaisne: Endangered Status

Authors

Shiyou Li, Stephen F Austin State University, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and AgricultureFollow
Yanli Zhang, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Katie Northrup, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University
Dehui Zhang, State Forestry Administration of P.R. China

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

Camptotheca Decaisne is endemic to southern China. Since 1934, C. acuminata has been widely introduced to many gardens and arboreta in North America, Asia, and Europe as living collections. Our national surveys in China between 1995 and 1998 indicated that the genus. Camptotheca spp. are severely endangered in native range. Our field surveys failed to locate any wild populations of C. acuminata although it is often cultivated as landscape trees in southern China. We could not identify any living trees of C. acuminata var. tenuifolia and var. rotundifolia. We estimated that there are approximately 500 mature trees of C. lowreyana in Guangdong and less than 50 wild mature trees of C. yunnanensis in Yunnan.

Comments

Li, S., Zhang, W., Northrup, K., & Zhang, D. (2014). Distribution of Camptotheca Decaisne: Endangered Status. Pharmaceutical Crops, 5(1), 135–139. https://doi.org/10.2174/2210290601405010135‌

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Repository Citation

Li, Shiyou; Zhang, Yanli; Northrup, Katie; and Zhang, Dehui, "Distribution of Camptotheca Decaisne: Endangered Status" (2017). NCPC Publications and Patents. 54.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ncpc_articles/54

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2174/2210290601405010135