关键词: 含笑, 品种

Abstract:

‘Mengxing’is a new Michelia cultivar which was selected from hybrid crossing Michelia chapensis Dandy× M. crassipes Law. It is an evergreen arbor with oblong obovate and thiny leathery leaves whose apexes are acuminate. Inner tepals are with deeper purplish red mottling compared with outer tepals. Androecium is also purplish red. The florescence can start from March until April. The cultivar which likes the warm and moist climate can be widely planted in the south of the Yangtze River.

Key words: Michelia, cultivar