打開植物中的潘朵拉

Styrax L. Carlous Linnaeus established this genus in the Species Plantarum in 1753. The generic name refers to the aroma tree. The type species for this genus tree is Styrax officinalis L. A genus of ca. 60 species widely distributed in the Mediterranean region, eastern Asia and North and Souther America. About four species in Taiwan.

1. Styrax formosana (endemic)
1a. var. formosana
1b. var. hayataiana
2. S. japonica var. kotoensis
3. S. matsumuraei (endemic)
4. S. suberifolia

Note: Styrax matsumuraei closely resembles S. formosana Matsumura but the leaves are much more densely stellate-tomentose benth.