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Formosan Beautyberry

Callicarpa formosana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 140, February 131, March 262, April 825, May 429, June 175, July 189, August 164, September 114, October 184, November 210, December 167.
Taiwan2,990
China2,859
Taiwan Province2,830
New Taipei565
Taipei432
Miaoli County329
Yilan County306
Taichung181
Hsinchu County174
Nantou County139

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusBeautyberries · Callicarpa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Formosan Beautyberry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.