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Loropetalum chinense (Chinese fringe flower)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as the Chinese fringe flower. Two forms of L. chinense exist; a white- (to pale-yellow-) flowering green-leafed variety and a pink-flowering variety with leaves varying from bronze-red when new to olive-green or burgundy when mature, depending on selection and growing conditions. They are evergreen with branches forming horizontal layers. The leaves are alternately arranged, ovate up to 5 cm long by 3.5 cm wide, and have a slightly abrasive feel.
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Infraspecies

Loropetalum chinense var. coloratum
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum

Attributes

Specific Gravity [1]  0.814

Predators

Elaphodus cephalophus (tufted deer)[2]
Phyllonorycter messaniella (Oak leafminer)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 2Elaphodus cephalophus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae), DAVID M. LESLIE, JR., DANA N. LEE, AND RICHARD W. DOLMAN, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 45(904):80–91 (2013)
♦ 3New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0