• Scientific Name: Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.) Sarg.
• Ref: Trees & Shrubs. 1:103. 1903
• Synonym: Liriodendron tulipifera var. chinense Hemsl.
• English Common Name: Chinese tulip poplar, Chinese tulip tree, Chinese whitewood
• Chinese Common Name: 鹅掌楸 ézhǎng∙qiū
• Japanese Common Name: シナユリノキ [シナ百合の木] shinayurinoki
• Family: Magnoliaceae
• Genus: Liriodendron
• Distribution: Forests; 900-1000 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, SE Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [N Vietnam].

Trees, to 40 m tall, to 1 m d.b.h. Twigs gray to grayish brown. Petiole 4-8(-16) cm; leaf blade 4-12(-18) × 3-9.5(-23) cm, membranous to papery, abaxially glaucous, base truncate to slightly cordate and with 1 lateral lobe near base of each side, apex 2-lobed. Flowers cupular. Tepals 9; outer 3 tepals green, sepal-like, curved and outwardly pendulous; tepals of inner 2 whorls green with yellow striations, erect, petal-like, obovate, 3-4 cm. Filaments 5-6 mm; anthers 1-1.6 cm. Gynoecium exceeding tepals at anthesis; carpels yellowish green. Fruit 7-9 cm; nutlets ca. 6 mm, winged, apex obtuse to mucronate, 1- or 2-seeded. Fl. May, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 38. (Flora of China)

04/14/2016, Hangzhou Botanical Garden

04/14/2016, Hangzhou Botanical Garden