Schima
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Schima is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the tea family, Theaceae.[1]
The genus inhabits warm temperate to subtropical climates across southern and southeastern Asia, from the eastern Himalaya of Nepal and eastern India across Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. There are about 30 species, 21 species distributed in China (six endemic[1]), among which Schima superba is the most common.[2]
Fossil record
Fossil fruits of Schima have been described as †Schima nanlinensis, from the Miocene of Nanlin Formation in Longchuan Basin, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The fossil fruits are 5-loculed capsules with flat reniform seeds. The genus Schima is known as fossils from the Palaeogene and Neogene of Germany and Austria. †Schima nanlinensis represents the first fossil record of the genus in Asia.[3]
Species
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| File:Schima argentea - Quarryhill Botanical Garden - DSC03749.JPG | Schima argentea Template:Au | China (Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar, Vietnam |
| Schima arunachaleana Template:Au | India (Arunachal Pradesh) | |
| File:Schima brevifolia (13883671177).jpg | Schima brevifolia Template:Au | Borneo |
| Schima brevipedicellata Template:Au | China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam | |
| Schima crenata Template:Au | Cambodia, China (Hainan), Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam | |
| Schima khasiana Template:Au | China (Xizang, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Vietnam | |
| Schima lobbii Template:Au | Borneo | |
| Schima mertensiana Template:Au | Ogasawara-shoto | |
| Schima multibracteata Template:Au | China (Guangxi) | |
| Schima noronhae Template:Au | China (Yunnan), Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam | |
| Schima parviflora Template:Au | China (Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan) | |
| Schima remotiserrata Template:Au | China (Fujian, Guangdong, E Guangxi, S Hunan, Jiangxi) | |
| Schima sericans Template:Au | China (Xizang, Yunnan) | |
| Schima sinensis Template:Au | China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan) | |
| File:木荷(荷樹) Schima superba -香港公園 Hong Kong Park- (9227096799).jpg | Schima superba Template:Au | China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang), Japan (Ryukyu Islands) |
| Schima villosa Template:Au | China (Yunnan) | |
| File:Schima wallichii - San Francisco Botanical Garden - DSC09820.JPG | Schima wallichii Template:Au | China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Xizang, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam |
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References
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- ↑ Fruits of Schima (Theaceae) and seeds of Toddalia (Rutaceae) from the Miocene of Yunnan Province, China by Ya Li, Jian Yang, Nilamber Awasthi and Cheng-Sen Li in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193:119–127 · June 2013
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