''Zanthoxylum multijugum'' () is a woody climber from the family

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Description

As a species of woody climbers, ''Zanthoxylum multijugum'' has been found in "open forests" and "hillside thickets". It has a native range that includes North and Central Yunnan as well as Guizhou within China. It has been found from to meters above sea level. Its leaves have been observed with 19-51 leaflets and minimal or no stalks. The leaves vary in shape (lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate), tend to be asymmetrical, have spots, and have been seen with blunt, rounded, or mucronate apexes. Its young branchlets have been found to be pale reddish brown in color. Prickles have been found on stems, branches, and leaf rachises. Flower petals have been found to be a pale yellowish green color, are oblong in shape and are about in size. Their flowering period is from May to June, while their fruiting period lasts from October to November. Male flowers have four stamens and broadly ovate anthers while female flowers have pedicels that are two to five millimeters in size with fruits about one centimeter in size. Fruit follicles have been observed as brownish red in color, about five millimeters in diameter, and with their apex beaked. Their seeds have been found to be from 4 to 4.5 millimeters in diameter.

Classification

In 1889, it was published as a species in ''

Plantae Delavayanae ''Plantae Delavayanae: Plants from China collected in Yunnan by Father Delavay.'' is a book by Adrien René Franchet and Père Jean Marie Delavay, with Franchet describing and establishing the taxonomy for flora found by Delavay in Yunnan. Backgr ...

'' as part of a specimen collection by

Père Jean Marie Delavay Père Jean-Marie Delavay (28 December 1834 – 31 December 1895) was a French missionary, explorer and botanist. He was perhaps the first Western explorer of the region which is now encompassed by the ''Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protecte ...

and taxonomy work of

Adrien René Franchet Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, base ...

. It was accepted as a plant species in 2008's ''Flora of China'' where it was identified to appear in Yunnan and Guizhou. There have been three identified synonyms of the species, including ''Fagara mengtzeana'', ''Fagara multijuga'', and ''Zanthoxylum multifoliolatum''. There are no common names associated with this species. Seven specimens of the species are kept at the ''

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'', includes multiple pieces provided by

Augustine Henry Augustine Henry (2 July 1857 – 23 March 1930) was a British-born Irish plantsman and sinologist. He is best known for sending over 15,000 dry specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom. By 1930, he was a rec ...

. ''Multijigum'' derives from ''multijugus'' which means "many joined together"..

References

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