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Formosan Sweetspire

Itea oldhamii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 127, February 84, March 132, April 189, May 113, June 49, July 64, August 92, September 78, October 135, November 97, December 106.
Taiwan1,266
China1,214
Taiwan Province1,213
Taipei490
New Taipei443
Yilan County140
Keelung95
Taoyuan56
Hsinchu County34
United States2

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordersaxifrages, stonecrops, and allies · Saxifragales
Familysweetspire family · Iteaceae
Genussweetspires · Itea

Sources

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