Burretiodendron esquirolii

Botanical Description

Burretiodendron esquirolii is a deciduous tree that can grow 5 - 20 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 942 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 16 Publication Author Publisher The Forest Herbarium; Bangkok. Year 1986 ISBN 0495-3843 Description A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines. , 948 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 71 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Massachusets Year 1990 ISBN 0004-2625 Description A botanical journal containing many articles on nomenclature etc. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is valued for its wood and is commonly harvested from the wild. The timber is commercially useful and rates of logging, as well as general habitat loss, have caused massive population losses in China. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].